Now Jehoash did what was right in Adonai’s eyes all his days, just as Jehoiada the kohen instructed him.
2 Kings 15:35 - Tree of Life Version However, the high places were not taken away, and the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the House of Adonai. 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. |
Now Jehoash did what was right in Adonai’s eyes all his days, just as Jehoiada the kohen instructed him.
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
However, the high places were not taken away—the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
He removed the high places, smashed the pillars and cut down the Asherah poles. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made—for up to those days Bnei-Yisrael were still burning incense to it—it was called Nehushtan .
He took the officers of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the House of Adonai. They came through the upper gate of the royal house and seated the king upon the royal throne,
Has not the same Hezekiah removed His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem saying, “You shall worship before one altar and upon it you shall burn incense?”