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2 Kings 15:4

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But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

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Although the pagan shrines were not removed, Asa’s heart remained completely faithful to the Lord throughout his life.

Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the example of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight. During his reign, however, he failed to remove all the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

Yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

One day King Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as a sacred offering to the Lord’s Temple, whether it is a regular assessment, a payment of vows, or a voluntary gift.

Amaziah did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah, had done.

Jotham did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight. He did everything his father, Uzziah, had done.

But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there. He rebuilt the upper gate of the Temple of the Lord.

He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been offering sacrifices to it. The bronze serpent was called Nehushtan.

He was deeply committed to the ways of the Lord. He removed the pagan shrines and Asherah poles from Judah.

Don’t you realize that Hezekiah is the very person who destroyed all the Lord’s shrines and altars? He commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship only at the altar at the Temple and to offer sacrifices on it alone.

During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.




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