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.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- BSB 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.
- 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.
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- 1 Kgs 15:14But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
- 2 Kgs 12:3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- Prov 4:27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
- 1 Kgs 15:11And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
- 2 Chr 14:11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
- 1 Sam 12:20–21And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
- 2 Chr 19:3–4Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
- 2 Chr 15:17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
- 1 Kgs 15:5Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- Ps 40:4Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- 2 Chr 17:3–6And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
- 2 Kgs 14:3–4And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
- Ps 101:3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
- 1 Kgs 14:23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
- 2 Chr 15:8And 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.
- 2 Chr 16:7–12And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
- 2 Chr 14:2–5And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
- 2 Kgs 15:3–4And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
- Ps 125:5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
- 2 Chr 20:3–30And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
- 2 Kgs 18:22But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
- Exod 32:8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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