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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
walked	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
ways	דֶּ֛רֶךְ De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct
Asa	אָסָ֥א 'a.Sa'	H609	Asa · proper noun, a man's name
father	אָבִ֖יו 'a.Viv	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
aside	סָ֣ר sar	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
doing	לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
right	הַיָּשָׁ֖ר hai.ya.Shar	H3477	straight (literally or figuratively) · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
eyes	בְּעֵינֵ֥י be.'ei.Nei	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
places	הַבָּמ֖וֹת ha.ba.Mot	H1116	an elevation · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
away	סָ֑רוּ Sa.ru	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
people	הָעָ֛ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
offered	מְזַבְּחִ֥ים me.za.be.Chim	H2076	to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice) · verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute
incense	וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים u.me.ka.te.Rim	H6999	to smoke · conjunction + verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute
places	בַּבָּמֽוֹת ba.ba.Mot	H1116	an elevation · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 15:14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
2 Kings 12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Proverbs 4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Exodus 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sa…
1 Samuel 12:20-21 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD…
1 Kings 14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
1 Kings 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of hi…
1 Kings 15:11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:41–end

Here is, I. A short account of the reign of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, of which we shall have a much fuller narrative in the book of Chronicles, and of the greatness and goodness of that prince, neither of which was lessened or sullied by any thing but his intimacy with the house of Ahab, which, upon several accounts, was a diminution to him. His confederacy with Ahab in war we have already found dangerous to him, and his confederacy with Ahaziah his son in trade sped no better. He offered to go partner with him in a fleet of merchant-ships, that should fetch gold from Ophir, as Solomon's navy did, Kg1 22:49. See Ch2 20:35, Ch2 20:36. But, while they were preparing to set sail, they were exc…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 22:29

went up to Ramoth-gilead--The king of Israel, bent on this expedition, marched, accompanied by his ally, with all his forces to the siege; but on approaching the scene of action, his courage failed, and, hoping to evade the force of Micaiah's prophecy by a secret stratagem, he assumed the uniform of a subaltern, while he advised Jehoshaphat to fight in his royal attire. The Syrian king, with a view either to put the speediest end to the war, or perhaps to wipe out the stain of his own humiliation (Kg1 20:31), had given special instructions to his generals to single out Ahab, and to take or kill him, as the author of the war. The officers at first directed their assault on Jehoshaphat, but, b…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 22:43

The high places were not taken away - In Ch2 17:6, it is expressly said, that he did take away the high places. Allowing that the text is right in 2 Chron., the two places may be easily reconciled. There were two kinds of high places in the land: 1. Those used for idolatrous purposes. 2. Those that were consecrated to God, and were used before the temple was built. The former he did take away; the latter he did not. But some think the parallel place in Ch2 17:6 is corrupted, and that, instead of ועוד הסיר veod hesir, "and moreover he took away," we should read, ולא הסיר velo hesir, "and he did Not take away."

Dictionary and topics

Jehoshaphat — Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David’s body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43). (2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). (3.) Son of Ahilud, “recorder” or annalist…
Zedekiah — Righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz…
Armies Of Israel, The · Often led by the king in person — Often led by the king in person
Influence · GOOD — GOOD
Jehoshaphat · .His wise reign — .His wise reign
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Jehoshaphat — Who reigned over Judah: Jehoshaphat

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 22:43

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:41–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 22:29

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 22:43

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 22:43

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:41–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 22:29

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 22:43

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Kings 22:43

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 22:41-50

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 22:43-44

Rashi on 1 Kings 22:39