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New King James Version

2 Chronicles 15:17

But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   Thompson Chain Reference - Azariah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Places;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Asa;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Place;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Prophecy, Prophets;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - High Place;  

Devotionals:

- My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for April 15;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The high places were not taken away from Israel; nevertheless, Asa was wholeheartedly devoted his entire life.
Hebrew Names Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Yisra'el: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
King James Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
English Standard Version
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days.
New Century Version
But the places of worship to gods were not removed from Judah. Even so, Asa was faithful all his life.
New English Translation
The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.
Amplified Bible
But the high places [of pagan worship] were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless Asa's heart was blameless all his days.
New American Standard Bible
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa's heart was blameless all his days.
World English Bible
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the hie places were not taken away out of Israel: yet the heart of Asa was perfit all his dayes.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa's heart was wholly devoted all his days.
Berean Standard Bible
The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa's heart was fully devoted all his days.
Contemporary English Version
As long as Asa lived, he was faithful to the Lord , even though he did not destroy the local shrines in Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
But the high places were not removed from Isra'el. Nevertheless, Asa was wholehearted throughout his life.
Darby Translation
But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.
Easy-to-Read Version
Asa did not destroy the high places, even though he was faithful to God all his life.
George Lamsa Translation
But the altars on the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect in the worship of the LORD his God all the days of his life.
Good News Translation
Even though Asa did not destroy all the pagan places of worship in the land, he remained faithful to the Lord all his life.
Lexham English Bible
But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was fully devoted all his days.
Literal Translation
Yet the high places were not removed from Israel. Only, the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the hye places were not put downe out of Israel. Yet was the hert of Asa perfecte as longe as he lyued.
American Standard Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Bible in Basic English
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But al the high places were not taken away out of Israel, though the heart of Asa was perfect all his dayes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.
King James Version (1611)
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: neuerthelesse the heart of Asa was perfect all his dayes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
English Revised Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But hiy places weren left in Israel; netheles the herte of Asa was riytful in alle hise daies.
Update Bible Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Webster's Bible Translation
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
New Living Translation
Although the pagan shrines were not removed from Israel, Asa's heart remained completely faithful throughout his life.
New Life Bible
But the high places were not taken away from Israel. Yet Asa's heart was without blame all his days.
New Revised Standard
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was true all his days.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, the high places, were not taken away out of Israel, - only, the heart of Asa, was perfect, all his days.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Revised Standard Version
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was blameless all his days.
Young's Literal Translation
yet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa's heart was blameless all his days.

Contextual Overview

8 And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded 2 Chronicles 15:1).">[fn] the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim; and he restored the altar of the Lord that was before the vestibule of the Lord. 9 Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who dwelt with them from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to him in great numbers from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. 10 So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 And they offered to the LORD at that time seven hundred bulls and seven thousand sheep from the spoil they had brought. 12 Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 and whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 Then they took an oath before the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting and trumpets and rams' horns. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought Him with all their soul; and He was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest all around. 16 Also he removed Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of Asherah; [fn] and Asa cut down her obscene image, then crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron. 17 But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the high places: 2 Chronicles 14:3-5, Deuteronomy 12:13, Deuteronomy 12:14, 1 Kings 3:2-4, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Kings 12:3, 2 Kings 14:4

the heart of Asa: 2 Chronicles 16:7-12, 1 Kings 11:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:9 - perfect 1 Kings 15:11 - Asa 1 Kings 15:14 - was perfect 2 Chronicles 16:9 - to show himself 2 Chronicles 17:6 - he took away 2 Chronicles 33:17 - people Psalms 101:2 - a perfect Psalms 119:80 - sound

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Genesis 15:3
Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!"
Genesis 15:18
On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates--
Genesis 15:19
the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites,
Deuteronomy 4:20
But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be His people, an inheritance, as you are this day.
Judges 6:21
Then the Angel of the LORD put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
Judges 13:20
it happened as the flame went up toward heaven from the altar--the Angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar! When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell on their faces to the ground.
2 Samuel 22:9
Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.
1 Chronicles 21:26
And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the LORD; and He answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
Isaiah 62:1
For Zion's sake I will not hold My peace, And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, And her salvation as a lamp that burns.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Comparing this verse with marginal references, it would seem that in 2 Chronicles 14:3, 2 Chronicles 14:5 the intention and endeavors of the monarch are in the writer’s mind, while here he is speaking of the practice of the people. However earnestly the most pious monarchs sought to root out the high-place worship, they failed of complete success. Compare a similar discrepancy, to be similarly explained, in the history of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:6; 2 Chronicles 20:33.

The heart of Asa was perfect all his days - Not that Asa was sinless (see 2 Chronicles 16:2-10, 2 Chronicles 16:12); but that he was free from the sin of idolatry, and continued faithful to Yahweh all his life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 15:17. The high places were not taken away — He had totally suppressed or destroyed the idolatry; but some of the places, buildings, or altars, he permitted to remain.


 
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