Onlythe highplaceswere not takenaway;the peoplestillsacrificedand burnedincenseon the highplaces.He builtthe uppergateof the houseof the LORD.
Onlythe highplaceswere not takenaway;the peoplestillsacrificedand burnedincenseon the highplaces.
Now the restof the actsof Jothamand allthat he did,are they not writtenin the Bookof the Chroniclesof the Kingsof Judah?
He removedthe highplacesand brokedownthe [sacred] pillarsand cutdownthe Asherah.He also brokein piecesthe bronzeserpentthat Moseshad made,for untilthosedaysthe sonsof Israelburnedincenseto it; and it was calledNehushtan.
He tookthe captainsof hundreds,the nobles,the rulersof the peopleand allthe peopleof the land,and broughtthe kingdownfrom the houseof the LORD,and camethroughthe uppergateto the king'shouse.And they placedthe kingupon the royalthrone.
Has not the sameHezekiahtakenawayHis highplacesand His altars,and saidto Judahand Jerusalem,"You shall worshipbeforeonealtar,and on it you shall burnincense"?
