Verse 4

2 Kings 14:4

King James Version

4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
Original Language Text
hebrew
רַ֥ק הַ/בָּמ֖וֹת לֹא סָ֑רוּ ע֥וֹד הָ/עָ֛ם מְזַבְּחִ֥ים וּֽ/מְקַטְּרִ֖ים בַּ/בָּמֽוֹת
English Translation
Only the high places did not turn away; the people still sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.
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Chapter 14 Context
1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of... Focus ↗
2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusa... Focus ↗
3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did acco... Focus ↗
4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on th...
5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants whi... Focus ↗
6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of t... Focus ↗
7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it... Focus ↗
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Co... Focus ↗
9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebano... Focus ↗
10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home... Focus ↗
11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Jud... Focus ↗
12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. Focus ↗
13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bet... Focus ↗
14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, a... Focus ↗
15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king... Focus ↗
16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam... Focus ↗
17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of... Focus ↗
18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings... Focus ↗
19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him... Focus ↗
20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David... Focus ↗
21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of... Focus ↗
22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. Focus ↗
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Is... Focus ↗
24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jerobo... Focus ↗
25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to... Focus ↗
26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, n... Focus ↗
27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them... Focus ↗
28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he... Focus ↗
29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in... Focus ↗