2 Kings 12:3
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
However, he did not remove the high places, and the people were still sacrificing and were burning incense on 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.

Contemporary English Version
But even Joash did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

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.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places.

Literal Standard Version
only, the high places have not been removed—the people are still sacrificing and making incense in high places.

Majority Standard Bible
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

New American Bible
though the high places did not disappear; the people continued to sacrifice and to burn incense on the high places.

NET Bible
But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and 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.

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.

Young's Literal Translation
only, the high places have not turned aside, still are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.

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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 Kings 12:2
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.

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.


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.

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2 Kings 12
1. Jehoash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada
4. 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














(3) But.--Save that; as at 2Kings 15:4. (For the statement of the verse, comp. 1Kings 15:14.)

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


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