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2 Könige 12:3

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3 Doch die Höhen wichen nicht; das Volk opferte und räucherte noch auf den Höhen.

2 Könige 12:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 12:3

But the high places were not taken away
Used before the temple was built, or set up in Rehoboam's time, ( 1 Kings 14:23 ) contrary to the law of God, which required that sacrifices should only be offered in the place the Lord chose to dwell in, ( Deuteronomy 12:4 Deuteronomy 12:6 ) the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places; as they had done in the times of Athaliah, and though the pure worship of God was restored at Jerusalem; and indeed this they did in all preceding reigns; nor was it in the power of the best of kings, at least they did not think it safe to attempt to remove them till Hezekiah's time; so fond were the people of them because of their antiquity and supposed sanctity, and for the sake of ease.

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2 Könige 12:3 In-Context

1 (H12:1) Im siebten Jahre Jehus wurde Joas König, und er regierte vierzig Jahre zu Jerusalem; und der Name seiner Mutter war Zibja, von Beerseba.
2 Und Joas tat, was recht war in den Augen Jehovas, solange der Priester Jojada ihn unterwies.
3 Doch die Höhen wichen nicht; das Volk opferte und räucherte noch auf den Höhen.
4 Und Joas sprach zu den Priestern: Alles Geld der geheiligten Dinge, welches in das Haus Jehovas gebracht wird: das Geld eines jeden Gemusterten, das Geld der Seelen, je nach der Schätzung eines jeden, und alles Geld, das jemand ins Herz kommt, in das Haus Jehovas zu bringen,
5 sollen die Priester an sich nehmen, ein jeder von seinen Bekannten; und sie selbst sollen das Baufällige des Hauses ausbessern, alles, was daselbst Baufälliges gefunden wird.
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