2 Kings 14:4

4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away : as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

2 Kings 14:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:4

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 ) .

2 Kings 14:4 In-Context

2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign , and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did .

4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away : as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded , saying , The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.