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2 Chronicles 15:17

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Although the pagan shrines were not removed from Israel, Asa’s heart remained completely faithful throughout his life.
2 Chronicles 15:17 · New Living Translation
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  • WEB But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
  • KJV But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
  • BSB The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
  • NKJV But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.
  • NASB But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.

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Quick answer

Though the high places remained in Israel, Asa's heart was wholly devoted to God all his days. God commends a sincere heart even amid incomplete reform.

Overview

The Chronicler honestly notes that some high places persisted, yet affirms Asa's lifelong wholehearted devotion. (The tension with 14:3-5 is usually resolved by distinguishing high places in Judah from those in the wider land, or as incomplete reform.) The verdict shows God values genuine heart-loyalty, while pointing ahead to Christ, whose obedience was perfect and complete.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 8

  • 1 Kgs 22:43He 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.
  • 2 Kgs 14:4However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
  • 1 Kgs 11:4When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father was.
  • 2 Chr 14:3–5for he took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles,
  • 2 Kgs 12:3However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
  • Deut 12:13–14Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
  • 2 Chr 16:7–12At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped out of your hand.
  • 1 Kgs 3:2–4However the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for Yahweh’s name.

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But the high placesבָּמָהwere not taken awayסוּרout of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלnevertheless the heartלֵבָבof Asaאָסָאwas perfectשָׁלֵםall his daysיוֹם
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