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And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
1 Kings 22:43 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn aside from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  • KJV And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
  • NKJV And he walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord. Nevertheless the high places were not taken away, for the people offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
  • NASB He walked entirely in the way of his father Asa; he did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  • NLT Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the example of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight. During his reign, however, he failed to remove all the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

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Quick answer

Jehoshaphat did right like his father Asa, yet the high places remained and the people kept sacrificing there.

Overview

His reign earns commendation for faithfulness to Yahweh, though it falls short of fully removing the high places. The mixed assessment shows that even good kings did not achieve complete reform, leaving lingering compromise. This unfinished obedience points forward to the need for a perfect King who would purify worship entirely.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • 1 Kgs 15:14The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
  • 2 Kgs 12:3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
  • Prov 4:27Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
  • 1 Kgs 15:11And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
  • 2 Chr 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
  • 1 Sam 12:20–21“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
  • 2 Chr 19:3–4However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
  • 2 Chr 15:17The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
  • 1 Kgs 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • Ps 40:4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
  • 2 Chr 17:3–6Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,
  • 2 Kgs 14:3–4And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.
  • Ps 101:3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
  • 1 Kgs 14:23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
  • 2 Chr 15:8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
  • 2 Chr 16:7–12At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
  • 2 Chr 14:2–5And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
  • 2 Kgs 15:3–4And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
  • Ps 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
  • 2 Chr 20:3–30Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
  • 2 Kgs 18:22But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
  • Exod 32:8How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”

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Christ at the center

Solomon's glory, wisdom, and temple where God's presence dwells are a shadow of the greater Son of David — 'one greater than Solomon is here' — and of the true Temple, Christ himself.

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