2 Kings 12:3
(12-4) Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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1 Kings 15:11And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
1 Kings 22:43And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD; (22-44) howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places.
2 Kings 15:3And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
2 Kings 18:3And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
2 Kings 22:2And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Jeremiah 2:20For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou saidst: 'I will not transgress'; upon every high hill and under every leafy tree thou didst recline, playing the harlot.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:2-4
The Reign of Joash, King of Judah. ( b. c. 878.) 1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. The general account here given of Joash is, 1. That he reigned forty years. As he began his reign… Read the whole commentary →