2 Kings 12:3
But the hie places were not taken away: for the people offred yet and burnt incense in the hie places.
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1 Kings 15:11And Asa did right in the eyes of the Lord, as did Dauid his father.
1 Kings 22:43And he walked in all the wayes of Asa his father, and declined not therefrom, but did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. Neuerthelesse the hie places were not taken away: for the people offred still and burnt incense in the hie places.
2 Kings 15:3And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
2 Kings 18:3And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Dauid his father had done.
2 Kings 22:2And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the wayes of Dauid his father, and bowed neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
Jeremiah 2:20For of olde time I haue broken thy yoke, and burst thy bondes, and thou saidest, I will no more transgresse, but like an harlot thou runnest about vpon al hie hilles, and vnder all greene trees.
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 →