1 Kings 15:14

But, the high places, removed he not,—nevertheless, the heart of Asa, was blameless with Yahweh, all his days.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

In Context

13Moreover also, even Maachah his mother, he removed from being queen, because she had made a monstrous thing to the Sacred Stem,—and Asa cut down her monstrous thing and burned it in the Kidron ravine.

15And he brought in the hallowed things of his father, and his own hallowed things, into the house of Yahweh,—silver and gold, and vessels.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:2Save only, that the people were sacrificing in the high places,—because there had not been built a house unto the Name of Yahweh, until those days,

1 Kings 8:61So shall your heart be sound with Yahweh our God,—to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

1 Kings 15:3And he walked in all the sins of his father which he had done before him,—and his heart was not blameless with Yahweh his God, like the heart of David his father.

2 Kings 12:3save only, that, the high places, took they not away,—still were the people sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.

2 Kings 15:4Only, the high places, took they not away,—still were the people sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.

2 Chronicles 14:5and removed from all the cities of Judah, the high places, and the sun-images,—and the kingdom became quiet before him.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:10-25

Asa's Reign. ( b. c. 914.) 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord , as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a… Read the whole commentary →

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