KJV King James Version
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
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2 Kings 15:35
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Only, the high places have not turned aside—yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places; he hath built the high gate of the house of Jehovah.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 15
32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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רַ֤קH7535 · raqexceptהַבָּמוֹת֙H1116 · ba.mahhigh placeלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotסָ֔רוּH5493 · surto turn aside: removeע֗וֹדH5750 · odstillהָעָ֛םH5971 · ampeopleמְזַבְּחִ֥יםH2076 · za.vachto sacrificeוּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖יםH6999 · qa.tarto offer: burnבַּבָּמ֑וֹתH1116 · ba.mahhigh placeה֗וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itבָּנָ֛הH1129 · ba.nahto buildאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שַׁ֥עַרH8179 · sha.argateבֵּית־H1004 · betplaceיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDהָעֶלְיֽוֹן׃H5945 · el.yonhigh
Cross-references
2 Kings 12:3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.2 Chronicles 23:20And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.2 Chronicles 27:3-9He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.2 Chronicles 32:12Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?2 Kings 15:4Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
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