2 Kings 14:4

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

2 Kings 14:4 in Other Translations

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

4 But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.

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

4 the local sex-and-religion shrines continued to stay in business with people frequenting them.

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, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

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

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-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash.

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

5 After the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king.

6 Yet he did not put the children of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses where the LORD commanded: “Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 16:4