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2 Kings 14:4

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Kings 14:4 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Kings 14:4 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Kings 14

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
2He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
4Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
5And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father:
6but the children of the murderers he put not to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
7He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Howbeit the high places were not taken away, etc.] Though he first did that which was right before God; nor did his father take them away; (see <121203>2 Kings 12:3).”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“High places - It is hard to get clear of those corruptions, which by long usage have gained prescription. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 14:6”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the high places: Kg2 12:3, Kg2 15:4, Kg2 15:35 4 Kings (2 Kings) 14:5”
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