2 Kings 12:3

3 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

2 Kings 12:3 in Other Translations

KJV
3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
ESV
3 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.
NLT
3 Yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
MSG
3 (Even so, he didn't get rid of the sacred fertility shrines - people still frequented them, sacrificing and burning incense.)
CSB
3 Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

2 Kings 12:3 In-Context

1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
4 Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money that is brought as sacred offerings to the temple of the LORD—the money collected in the census, the money received from personal vows and the money brought voluntarily to the temple.
5 Let every priest receive the money from one of the treasurers, then use it to repair whatever damage is found in the temple.”

Cross References 1

  • 1. S 1 Kings 3:3; S 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:35; 2 Kings 18:4
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