2 Kings 15:4

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

2 Kings 15:4 in Other Translations

4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.

4 But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

4 But he also failed to get rid of the local sex-and-religion shrines; they continued to be popular with the people.

4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

4 But the illegal places of worship were still not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites.

4 Yet, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

4 But the high places weren't removed. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

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 ) .

2 Kings 15:4 In-Context

2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

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

5 The LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house. Jotham the king’s son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

6 As for the other events of Azariah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?