1st Kings Chapter 15 verse 14 Holy Bible
But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
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The high places, however, were not taken away: but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.
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But the high places were not removed; only, Asa's heart was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
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But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
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But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
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But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.
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and the high places have not turned aside; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect with Jehovah all his days,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - But the high places [evidently such as are referred to in ch. 3, i.e., unauthorized shrines of Jehovah; cf. 2 Kings 14:4] were not taken away [lit., departed not. Yet we read in 2 Chronicles 45:3, that Asa "took away the high places (cf. ver. 5). But it is clear, even from 2 Chronicles 15:17, that all of them were not re moved, and the discrepancy arises from the well-known Eastern idiom of putting the whole for the part, of which we have in stances in Genesis 7:19; Exodus 9:25, etc. Cf. ver. 32; 2 Kings 9:35, and see below. Asa probably aimed at removing all, and he may have removed all out of the cities (2 Chronicles 14:5), but some remained in the country districts or in remote places. Or he may have swept them away for a short time, and they may have been stealthily and gradually reintroduced. It may be interesting to remark here that down to the present day the cultus of the high places exists - under a modified form, it is true - in Palestine. Every traveller will remember the Mukama which crown almost every hill. The religion of the Fellahin, though nominally Mohammedan, is really, like that of China, a worship of the dead. "In almost every village of the country a small building, surmounted by a whitewashed dome, is observable, being the sacred chapel of the place; it is variously called Kubbeh, "dome," Mazor, "shrine," or Mukam, "station," the latter being a Hebrew word, used in the Bible for the places of the Canaanites (Deuteronomy 2:2)... Just as in the time of Moses, so now the position chosen for the Mukam is generally conspicuous This Mukam represents the real religion of the peasant" (Conder, pp. 304 sqq.)]: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days. [We have here a notable instance of the Oriental exaggeration just referred to. For the very same expression is used by the chronicler (2 Chronicles 15:17), who in the next chapter (2 Chronic;es 16:7-12) tells us of Asa's unfaithfulness in his old age.]
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) But the high places were not removed.--The record of the Chronicles--contrasting 2Chronicles 14:5 with 1Kings 15:17--indicates with tolerable plainness an attempt at this reform on Asa's part, which was not carried out successfully. In spite of all experience of the corruptions inevitably resulting from them, the craving for local and visible sanctuaries, natural at a
