Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. New Living Translation Yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there. English Standard Version Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places. Berean Study Bible Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. New American Standard Bible Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. New King James Version But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. King James Bible But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. Christian Standard Bible Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. Contemporary English Version But even Joash did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices. Good News Translation However, the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Holman Christian Standard Bible Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. International Standard Version except that the high places were not demolished, so the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places. NET Bible But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. New Heart English Bible However the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. GOD'S WORD® Translation But the illegal places of worship weren't torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites. JPS Tanakh 1917 Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places. New American Standard 1977 Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. Jubilee Bible 2000 But with all this, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. King James 2000 Bible But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. American King James Version But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. American Standard Version Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. Brenton Septuagint Translation Only there were not any of the high places removed, and the people still sacrificed there, and burned incense on the high places. Douay-Rheims Bible But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. Darby Bible Translation Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. English Revised Version Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. Webster's Bible Translation But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. World English Bible However the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. Young's Literal Translation only, the high places have not turned aside, still are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places. Study Bible Joash Repairs the Temple…2And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest. 3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. 4Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.… Cross References 1 Kings 15:14 The high places were not removed, but Asa's heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days. 1 Kings 22:43 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. 2 Kings 12:2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest. 2 Kings 14:4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. 2 Kings 15:4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. 2 Kings 15:35 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD. Treasury of Scripture But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 2 Kings 14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. 1 Kings 15:14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. Lexicon Nevertheless,רַ֥ק (raq) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless the high places הַבָּמ֖וֹת (hab·bā·mō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 1116: An elevation were not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no removed; סָ֑רוּ (sā·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside the people הָעָ֛ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock continued ע֥וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more sacrificing מְזַבְּחִ֥ים (mə·zab·bə·ḥîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice and burning incense וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים (ū·mə·qaṭ·ṭə·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6999: To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire [there]. בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃ (bab·bā·mō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 1116: An elevation (3) But.--Save that; as at 2Kings 15:4. (For the statement of the verse, comp. 1Kings 15:14.) Sacrificed . . . burnt.--Were wont to sacrifice . . . burn. The worship of the high places continued even under the regime of Jehoiada. Verse 3. - But the high places were not taken away. So it had been with the best of the previous kings of Judah, as Asa (1 Kings 15:14) and Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:43); and so it was with the other "good" kings (2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4, 35) until the reign of Hezekiah, by whom the high places were removed (see below, 2 Kings 18:4). We must remember that it was Jehovah who was worshipped in the "high places," not Baal, or Moloch, or Ashtoreth (see the comment on 1 Kings 15:14). The people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. The people, not the king, in the earlier portion of his reign; but in the later portion, probably the king also (see 2 Chronicles 24:17, 18).Jump to Previous Burn Burned Burning Burnt Continued High Howbeit However Incense Making Nevertheless Offer Offered Offerings Perfume Places Removed Sacrifice Sacrificed Sacrifices Sacrificing TurnedJump to Next Burn Burned Burning Burnt Continued High Howbeit However Incense Making Nevertheless Offer Offered Offerings Perfume Places Removed Sacrifice Sacrificed Sacrifices Sacrificing TurnedLinks 2 Kings 12:3 NIV2 Kings 12:3 NLT 2 Kings 12:3 ESV 2 Kings 12:3 NASB 2 Kings 12:3 KJV 2 Kings 12:3 Bible Apps 2 Kings 12:3 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 12:3 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 12:3 French Bible 2 Kings 12:3 German Bible Alphabetical: and away burn burned continued high however incense not offer on Only people places removed sacrificed sacrifices still taken The there to were OT History: 2 Kings 12:3 However the high places were not taken (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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