Only, the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts for the Elohim of their fathers.
And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek יהוה.
and removed the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and broke down the pillars and cut down the Ashĕ
Yet the high places were not removed from Yisra’ĕ
And his heart was exalted in the ways of יהוה, and he again removed the high places and the Ashĕ
“But good matters are found in you, in that you have removed the Ashĕ
And he walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the eyes of יהוה.
who has prepared his heart to seek Elohim, יהוה Elohim of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the cleansing of the set-apart place.”
But the people were still offering on the high places, though only to יהוה their Elohim.
“Your eyes saw the great trials, the signs, and those great wonders.
“But יהוה has not given you a heart to know and eyes to see and ears to hear, till this day.
And Shemu’ĕ