2 Kings 15:4

4 Only ¹the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

2 Kings 15:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:4

Save that the high places were not removed
That is, he did right, excepting in that instance, and which was the case of his father and other kings before him, and others afterwards, till Hezekiah came:

the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places;
see ( 2 Kings 12:3 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Kings 15:4 In-Context

2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

3 He did right in the sight of the LORD , according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

4 Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

5 The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death. And he lived in a separate house, while Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.

6 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

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1. 2 Kings 12:3

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2 Kings 15:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:4 In-Context

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