King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
Complete Jewish Bible:
However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered on the high places.
Berean Standard Bible:
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
American Standard Version:
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Save that the high places{H1116} were not removed{H5493}: the people{H5971} sacrificed{H2076} and burnt incense{H6999} still on the high places{H1116}.
Cross-References (KJV):
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.
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 15:14
- But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
2 Chronicles 17:6
- And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
2 Kings 18:4
- He 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 34:3
- For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
2 Chronicles 32:12
- Hath 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?
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Commentary for 2 Kings 15:4
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1116
There are 92 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בָּמָה
Transliteration: bâmâh
Pronunciation: bam-maw'
Description: from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation; height, high place, wave. - Strong's Number: H5493
There are 283 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: סוּר
Transliteration: çûwr
Pronunciation: soor
Description: or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without. - Strong's Number: H5971
There are 1654 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עַם
Transliteration: ʻam
Pronunciation: am
Description: from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people. - Strong's Number: H2076
There are 127 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: זָבַח
Transliteration: zâbach
Pronunciation: zaw-bakh'
Description: a primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice); kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay. - Strong's Number: H6999
There are 112 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קָטַר
Transliteration: qâṭar
Pronunciation: kaw-tar'
Description: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants); to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship); burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).