◄ 2 Kings 14:4 ►
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Good News Translation
He did not tear down the pagan places of worship, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

New Revised Standard Version
But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.

Contemporary English Version
Amaziah did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.

New American Bible
though the high places did not disappear, and the people continued to sacrifice and to burn incense on the high places.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But this only, that he took not away the high places; for yet the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But this only, that he took not away the high places; for yet the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places:

the high places

2 Kings 12:3 But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Kings 15:4,35 But the high places he did not destroy, for the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places. . . .

Context
Amaziah Reigns in Judah
…3And he did that which was right before the Lord, but yet not like David his father. He did according to all things that Joas his father, did: 4But this only, that he took not away the high places; for yet the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places:5And when he had possession of the kingdom, he put his servants to death that had slain the king, his father.…
Cross References
2 Kings 12:3
But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Kings 14:3
And he did that which was right before the Lord, but yet not like David his father. He did according to all things that Joas his father, did:

2 Kings 16:4
He sacrificed also, and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

2 Kings 14:3
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