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