2 Chronicles 15:17

But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted all his days.

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But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

In Context

16He also removed Maacah, his grandmother, from being queen, because she had made a disgusting figure out of an Asherah pole. Asa cut down the disgusting figure, ground it to dust and burned it at the brook Kidron.

18He brought into the house of God the silver and gold and the utensils that he and his father had dedicated for that purpose.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:2The people were sacrificing at the high places, because no house had yet been built for the name of Yahweh.

1 Kings 11:4For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; his heart was not fully surrendered to Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.

2 Kings 12:3But the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

2 Chronicles 14:3for he took away the foreign altars and the high places. He broke down the stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.

2 Chronicles 20:32He walked in the ways of Asa, his father; he did not turn away from them; he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 28:4He sacrificed and burned incense at the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:9-19

Asa Reforms His Kingdom. ( b. c. 940.) 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord , that was before the porch of the Lord . 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they… Read the whole commentary →

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