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2 Kings 12:3

Good News Translation (US Version)

However, the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

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He did not tear down the pagan places of worship, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

He destroyed the pagan places of worship, broke the stone pillars, and cut down the images of the goddess Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze snake that Moses had made, which was called Nehushtan. Up to that time the people of Israel had burned incense in its honor.

But the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. It was Jotham who built the North Gate of the Temple.

Like his father Asa before him, he did what was right in the sight of the Lord; but the places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

Even though Asa did not destroy all the pagan places of worship, he remained faithful to the Lord all his life.

The Sovereign Lord says, “Israel, long ago you rejected my authority; you refused to obey me and worship me. On every high hill and under every green tree you worshiped fertility gods.

In addition, the king told the people of Jerusalem to bring the offerings to which the priests and the Levites were entitled, so that they could give all their time to the requirements of the Law of the Lord.

Throughout his life he did what pleased the Lord, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

But the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

Asa did what pleased the Lord, as his ancestor David had done.

Following the example of his father, he did what was pleasing to the Lord.

Following the example of his ancestor King David, he did what was pleasing to the Lord.

Josiah did what was pleasing to the Lord; he followed the example of his ancestor King David, strictly obeying all the laws of God.




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