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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
places	וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹת ve.Ha.ba.Mot	H1116	an elevation · conjunction + definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
away	סָ֖רוּ Sa.ru	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
Israel	מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל mi.Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · preposition + proper noun, a place name
heart	לְבַב le.vav-	H3824	the heart (as the most interior organ) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Asa	אָסָ֛א 'a.Sa'	H609	Asa · proper noun, a man's name
perfect	שָׁלֵ֖ם sha.Lem	H8003	complete (literally or figuratively) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
days	יָמָֽיו ya.Mav	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 12:13-14 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
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 LOR…
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: neverthele…
2 Kings 12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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 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:
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.
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…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:8–end

We are here told what good effect the foregoing sermon had upon Asa. I. He grew more bold for God than he had been. His victory would inspire him with some new degrees of resolution, but this message from God with much more. Now he took courage. he saw how necessary a further reformation was, and what assurance he had of God's presence with him in it; and this made him daring, and helped him over the difficulties which had before deterred him and driven him off from the undertaking. Now he ventured to destroy all the abominable idols (and all idolatries are abominable, Pe1 4:3) as far as ever his power went. Away with them all. He also renewed the altar of the Lord, which, it seems, had gone…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 15:10

the third month--when was held the feast of pentecost. On this occasion, it was celebrated at Jerusalem by an extraordinary sacrifice of seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep, the spoil of the Ethiopians being offered. The assembled worshippers entered with great and holy enthusiasm into a national covenant "to seek the Lord their God . . . with all their heart and with all their soul;" and, at the same time, to execute with rigor the laws which made idolatry punishable with death (Ch2 15:13; Deu 17:2-5; Heb 10:28). The people testified unbounded satisfaction with this important religious movement, and its moral influence was seen in the promotion of piety, order, and tranquillity thro…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 15:17

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.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 15:16

And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king,.... Or rather his grandmother, 1 Kings 15:10, he removed her from being queen; the Septuagint version is, "that she should not minister to Astarte"; which was the goddess of the Zidonians; of this and the two next verses; see Gill on 1 Kings 15:13, 1 Kings 15:14, 1 Kings 15:15.

Dictionary and topics

Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
High place — An eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32; 2 Kings 17:29). The first altar after the Flood was built on a mountain (Gen. 8:20). Abraham also…
High Places · Destroyed: Asa, partially — Destroyed: Asa, partially

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).

2 Chronicles 15:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 15:10

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 15:17

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 15:16

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 15:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 15:10

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 15:17

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 15:16

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 15:15-18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 15:16

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 15:17