But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true to the Lord all his days.
He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. Yet the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
And he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.
Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.”
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days. And he brought into the house of God the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels.
He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
He took away the foreign altars and the high places and broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherim
But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart.
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
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