Howbeit the high places were not taken away Though he first did that which was right before God; nor did his father take them away; see ( 2 Kings 12:3 ) .
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He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jeho-ad'din of Jerusalem.
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did in all things as Jo'ash his father had done.
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But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
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And as soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand he killed his servants who had slain the king his father.
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But he did not put to death the children of the murderers; according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the LORD commanded, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, or the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin."
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