1 Kings 15:14
Strong's Lexicon
The high places
וְהַבָּמ֖וֹת (wə·hab·bā·mō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1116: 1) high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform) 1a) high place, mountain 1b) high places, battlefields 1c) high places (as places of worship) 1d) funeral mound?

were not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

removed,
סָ֑רוּ (sā·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5493: 1) to turn aside, depart 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn aside, turn in unto 1a2) to depart, depart from way, avoid 1a3) to be removed 1a4) to come to an end 1b) (Polel) to turn aside 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose 1c2) to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish 1d) (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed

but
רַ֣ק (raq)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 7535: 1) only, altogether, surely 1a) only 1b) only, nought but, altogether (in limitation) 1c) save, except (after a negative) 1d) only, altogether, surely (with an affirmative) 1e) if only, provided only (prefixed for emphasis) 1f) only, exclusively (for emphasis)

Asa’s
אָסָ֗א (’ā·sā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 609: Asa = 'healer: injurious (?)' 1) king of Judah, son of Abijam, father of Jehoshaphat 2) a Levite

heart
לְבַב־ (lə·ḇaḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3824: 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

was
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

fully devoted
שָׁלֵ֛ם (šā·lêm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8003: 1) complete, safe, peaceful, perfect, whole, full, at peace 1a) complete 1a1) full, perfect 1a2) finished 1b) safe, unharmed 1c) peace (of covenant of peace, mind) 1c1) perfect, complete (of keeping covenant relation)

to
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5973: 1) with 1a) with 1b) against 1c) toward 1d) as long as 1e) beside, except 1f) in spite of

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: 1) Jehovah-used primarily in the combination 'Lord Jehovah' 1a) equal to H03068 but pointed with the vowels of H0430

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

his days.
יָמָֽיו׃ (yā·māw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.

Young's Literal Translation
and the high places have not turned aside; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect with Jehovah all his days,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The high places were not taken away; but Asa’s heart was completely devoted to the LORD his entire life.

New American Standard Bible
But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the LORD all his days.

King James Bible
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Although he did not remove the high places, Asa's heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.

New Living Translation
Although the pagan shrines were not removed, Asa's heart remained completely faithful to the LORD throughout his life.

English Standard Version
But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true to the LORD all his days.

New American Standard Bible
But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the LORD all his days.

King James Bible
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The high places were not taken away; but Asa's heart was completely devoted to the LORD his entire life.

International Standard Version
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed, even though Asa's heart was blameless toward the LORD all of his life.

NET Bible
The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.

American Standard Version
But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.

English Revised Version
But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the LORD all his days.

Young's Literal Translation
and the high places have not turned aside; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect with Jehovah all his days,
















Cross References
1 Kings 8:61
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

1 Kings 15:3
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 22:43
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.

2 Kings 12:3
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

1 Kings 1:1
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

1 Kings 15:13
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

1 Kings 15:12
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

1 Kings 15:11
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

1 Kings 15:15
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.

1 Kings 15:16
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

1 Kings 15:17
And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
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