Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
2 Kings 15:35 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet the high places were not removed; the people sacrificed and burned incense still on the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah. Common English Bible However, he didn’t remove the shrines. The people continued to sacrifice and burn incense at them. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the LORD’s temple. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, he did not take away the high places. And still the people were immolating, and burning incense, in the high places. But he edified the gate of the house of the Lord to be very sublime. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the high places he took not away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. He built the highest gate of the house of the Lord. |
Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.
Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made, for until then the Israelites were burning incense to it. It was called Nehushtan.
Then he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the king’s palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the throne of the kingdom.
Didn’t Hezekiah himself remove his high places and his altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and you must burn incense on it’?