Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. New Living Translation Yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there. English Standard Version Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places. Berean Standard Bible Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. King James Bible But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. New King James Version But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. New American Standard Bible Only the high places did not end; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. NASB 1995 Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. NASB 1977 Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. Legacy Standard Bible Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. Amplified Bible Only the high places were not removed; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense [to the LORD] on the high places [rather than at the temple]. Christian Standard Bible Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. Holman Christian Standard Bible Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. American Standard Version Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. Contemporary English Version But even Joash did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices. English Revised Version Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. GOD'S WORD® Translation But the illegal places of worship weren't torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites. Good News Translation However, the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. International Standard Version except that the high places were not demolished, so the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places. Majority Standard Bible Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. NET Bible But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. New Heart English Bible However the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. Webster's Bible Translation But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. World English Bible However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versiononly, the high places have not been removed—the people are still sacrificing and making incense in high places. Young's Literal Translation only, the high places have not turned aside, still are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places. Smith's Literal Translation Only the heights were not removed; the people yet sacrificing and burning incense upon the heights. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet still he did not take away the high places. For the people were still immolating, and burning incense, in the high places. New American Bible though the high places did not disappear; the people continued to sacrifice and to burn incense on the high places. New Revised Standard Version Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut the temples of idols were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated However, he did not remove the high places, and the people were still sacrificing and were burning incense on high places. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places. Brenton Septuagint Translation Only there were not any of the high places removed, and the people still sacrificed there, and burned incense on the high places. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joash Repairs the Temple…2And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest. 3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. 4Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.… Cross References 1 Kings 15:14 The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days. 1 Kings 22:43 And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 2 Chronicles 15:17 The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days. 2 Chronicles 20:33 The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers. 1 Kings 3:2-3 The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built. / And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 1 Kings 14:23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. 2 Kings 14:4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. 2 Kings 15:4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. 2 Kings 15:35 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD. 2 Kings 16:4 And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree. 2 Kings 17:10-11 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger. 2 Kings 21:3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. 2 Kings 23:5 Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. 2 Chronicles 33:17 Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God. Jeremiah 7:31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. Treasury of Scripture But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 2 Kings 14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. 1 Kings 15:14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. Jump to Previous Burn Burned Burning Burnt Continued High Howbeit However Incense Making Nevertheless Offer Offered Offerings Perfume Places Removed Sacrifice Sacrificed Sacrifices Sacrificing TurnedJump to Next Burn Burned Burning Burnt Continued High Howbeit However Incense Making Nevertheless Offer Offered Offerings Perfume Places Removed Sacrifice Sacrificed Sacrifices Sacrificing Turned2 Kings 12 1. Jehoash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada4. He gives order for the repair of the temple 17. Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the hallowed treasures 19. Jehoash being slain, Amaziah succeeds him Nevertheless This word serves as a pivot in the narrative, indicating a contrast or exception to what has been previously stated. In the context of 2 Kings 12, it highlights the tension between the reforms initiated by King Jehoash and the persistent idolatrous practices of the people. The Hebrew word used here, "אַךְ" (akh), often introduces a limitation or exception, reminding us that human efforts, even those of a righteous king, are often incomplete without divine intervention. the high places were not removed the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places Sacrificed . . . burnt.--Were wont to sacrifice . . . burn. The worship of the high places continued even under the regime of Jehoiada. Verse 3. - But the high places were not taken away. So it had been with the best of the previous kings of Judah, as Asa (1 Kings 15:14) and Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:43); and so it was with the other "good" kings (2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4, 35) until the reign of Hezekiah, by whom the high places were removed (see below, 2 Kings 18:4). We must remember that it was Jehovah who was worshipped in the "high places," not Baal, or Moloch, or Ashtoreth (see the comment on 1 Kings 15:14). The people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. The people, not the king, in the earlier portion of his reign; but in the later portion, probably the king also (see 2 Chronicles 24:17, 18).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Nevertheless,רַ֥ק (raq) Adverb Strong's 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless the high places הַבָּמ֖וֹת (hab·bā·mō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1116: An elevation were not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no removed; סָ֑רוּ (sā·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5493: To turn aside the people הָעָ֛ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock continued ע֥וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more sacrificing מְזַבְּחִ֥ים (mə·zab·bə·ḥîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice and burning incense וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים (ū·mə·qaṭ·ṭə·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 6999: To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire [there]. בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃ (bab·bā·mō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1116: An elevation Links 2 Kings 12:3 NIV2 Kings 12:3 NLT 2 Kings 12:3 ESV 2 Kings 12:3 NASB 2 Kings 12:3 KJV 2 Kings 12:3 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 12:3 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 12:3 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 12:3 French Bible 2 Kings 12:3 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 12:3 However the high places were not taken (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |
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