He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in YHWH’s eyes.
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
For I have kept the ways of YHWH, and have not acted wickedly toward my God.
Asa did that which was right in YHWH’s eyes, as David his father did.
So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign. He reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
However the high places were not taken away, and the people had still not set their hearts on the God of their fathers.
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.