2 Chronicles 15 · Verse 17

2 Chronicles 15:17

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
2 Chronicles 15:17, King James Version

2 Chronicles 15:17 in other translations

BSBThe high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
WEBBut the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
ASVBut the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
YLTyet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.
DARBYBut the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.
BBEBut the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.
WebsterBut the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

What does 2 Chronicles 15:17 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 The high places were not taken away - He had totally suppressed or destroyed the idolatry; but some of the places, buildings, or altars, he permitted to remain.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 15:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹתve.Ha.ba.Motand the high placesH1116
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
סָ֖רוּSa.ruthey were removedH5493
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑לmi.Yis.ra.'Elfrom IsraelH3478
רַ֧קrakonlyH7535
לְבַב\־le.vav-[the] heart ofH3824
אָסָ֛א'a.Sa'AsaH609
הָיָ֥הha.Yahit wasH1961
שָׁלֵ֖םsha.LemcompleteH8003
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יָמָֽיו\׃ya.Mavdays hisH3117

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 15:17

  • 1 Kings 11:4

    For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:3-5

    For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

  • 2 Kings 14:4

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

  • Deuteronomy 12:13-14

    Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

  • 1 Kings 22:43

    And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

  • 2 Kings 12:3

    But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

  • 1 Kings 3:2-4

    Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days. And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:7-12

    And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the high places.
14:3-5; De 12:13,14; 1Ki 3:2-4; 22:43; 2Ki 12:3; 14:4
the heart of Asa.
16:7-12; 1Ki 11:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 15:16

    And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:17

    But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:18

    And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

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2 Chronicles 15:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas con todo eso los altos no eran quitados de Israel, aunque el corazón de Asa fué perfecto mientras vivió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais les hauts lieux ne furent pas ôtés d’Israël; cependant le cœur d’Asa fut parfait tous ses jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Höhen aber wichen nicht aus Israel; doch das Herz Asas war ungeteilt alle seine Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Excelsa autem derelicta sunt in Israël: attamen cor Asa erat perfectum cunctis diebus ejus,