1 Koningen 22:43

43 En hij wandelde in al den weg van zijn vader Asa; hij week niet daarvan, doende dat recht was in de ogen des HEEREN.

1 Koningen 22:43 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:43

And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father
Who was a good prince:

he turned not aside from doing that which was right in the eyes of the
Lord;
in his moral conversation, religious worship, and civil government:

nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, for the people
offered and burnt incense yet in the high places;
he took away the high places and groves for idolatrous worship, ( 2 Chronicles 17:6 ) , but not the high places in which sacrifices were offered to the Lord, which ought to have been, especially since the temple was built; and those in the tribes of Judah and Benjamin were altogether inexcusable, being near to the temple, and under no restraint, as those of the ten tribes were; but the people were fond of them, because of their antiquity, and it was difficult for religious princes to remove them, if inclined.

1 Koningen 22:43 In-Context

41 Josafat nu, de zoon van Asa, werd koning over Juda, in het vierde jaar van Achab, den koning van Israel.

42 Josafat was vijf en dertig jaren oud, als hij koning werd, en regeerde vijf en twintig jaren te Jeruzalem; en de naam zijner moeder was Azuba, de dochter van Silchi.

43 En hij wandelde in al den weg van zijn vader Asa; hij week niet daarvan, doende dat recht was in de ogen des HEEREN.

44 Evenwel werden de hoogten niet weggenomen; het volk offerde en rookte nog op de hoogten.

45 En Josafat maakte vrede met den koning van Israel.