For they also built for themselves high places, and pillars, and Ashĕrim on every high hill and under every green tree.
1 Kings 22:43 - The Scriptures 2009 And he walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of יהוה. Only, the high places were not taken away, for the people slaughtered and burned incense on the high places. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He walked in all the ways or customs of Asa his father, never swerving from it, doing right in the sight of the Lord. However, the [idolatrous] high places were not taken away; for the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. American Standard Version (1901) And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. Common English Bible Jehoshapat walked in all the ways of his father Asa, not deviating from it. He did the right things in the LORD’s eyes, with the exception that he didn’t remove the shrines. The people continued to sacrifice and offer incense at them. Catholic Public Domain Version And he walked in the entire way of Asa, his father, and he did not decline from it. And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he walked in all the way of Asa his father, and he declined not from it: and he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. |
For they also built for themselves high places, and pillars, and Ashĕrim on every high hill and under every green tree.
And Asa did what was right in the eyes of יהוה, as his father Dawiḏ had done,
But the high places were not removed. However, Asa’s heart was perfect with יהוה all his days.
for Dawiḏ did what was right in the eyes of יהוה, and did not turn aside from all that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriyah the Ḥittite.
Yehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became sovereign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Azuḇah the daughter of Shilḥi.
Only, the people slaughtered at the high places, for a house for the Name of יהוה had not been built until those days.
However, the high places were not taken away; the people still slaughtered and burned incense on the high places.
“But when you say to me, ‘We trust in יהוה our Elohim,’ is it not He whose high places and whose slaughter-places Ḥizqiyahu has taken away, and said to Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim, ‘Bow yourselves before this slaughter-place in Yerushalayim’?” ’
And Asa called to יהוה his Elohim, and said, “יהוה, there is no one but You to help between the mighty and the powerless. Help us, O יהוה our Elohim, for we rest on You, and in Your Name we go against this crowd. O יהוה, You are our Elohim, do not let man prevail against You!”
Yet the high places were not removed from Yisra’ĕl. However, the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oḏĕḏ the prophet, he strengthened himself, and removed the abominations from all the land of Yehuḏah and Binyamin and from the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephrayim, and restored the slaughter-place of יהוה that was before the porch of יהוה,
I set no matter of Beliya‛al before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It does not cleave to me.
But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, יהוה shall lead them away With the workers of wickedness. Peace be upon Yisra’ĕl!
Blessed is that man who has made יהוה his trust, And has not turned to the proud, And those turning aside to falsehood.
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a moulded calf, and have bowed themselves to it and slaughtered to it, and said, ‘This is your mighty one, O Yisra’ĕl, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim!’
A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, But a scoffer shall not listen to rebuke.
Do not turn to the right or the left; Turn your foot away from evil.