2 Kings 15:4

2 Kings 15:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
• New International Version (NIV)The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
• New King James Version (NKJV)except that the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Context of 2 Kings 15:4

2Azariah was 16 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother's name was Jecoliah. She came from Jerusalem. 3Azariah did things that the Lord said were good, as his father Amaziah had done. But he did not remove the altars on the hills. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on those altars. 5The Lord caused the king to have a bad disease in his skin. He had the disease until the day that he died. He lived in a house away from other people. His son Jotham had authority in the palace and he ruled the people of Judah. 6The other things that happened while Azariah was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of Judah's kings’. It tells about the things that Azariah did.

2 Kings 15:4 word by word

רַ֥ק הַבָּמ֖וֹת לֹא־סָ֑רוּ ע֥וֹד הָעָ֛ם מְזַבְּחִ֥ים וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Save that the high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• were not removedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• sacrificedזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• and burnt incenseקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999

Cross-references for 2 Kings 15:4

• 2 Kings 15:35But he did not remove the altars on the hills. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on those altars. Jotham built the Higher Gate of the Lord's temple.
• 2 Kings 14:4He did not remove the altars on the hills. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on those altars.
• 2 Kings 18:4He removed the altars on the hills. He knocked down the stone pillars that people worshipped and he cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses had made. Until then, the Israelites had burned incense as an offering to it. It was called Nehushtan.
• 1 Kings 15:14Asa did not remove the altars on all the hills, but he served the Lord faithfully for his whole life.
• 1 Kings 22:43Jehoshaphat lived in the good way that his father Asa had lived. He only did things that the Lord says are right. But he did not remove all the altars that were on the hills. People continued to offer sacrifices on those altars and they continued to burn incense there.
• 2 Chronicles 17:6He served the Lord with all his strength. He removed from Judah the altars on the hills and the Asherah poles.
• 2 Chronicles 32:12Remember that it was Hezekiah who removed the altars and the special places where you worship the Lord your God. He told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship God only at the altar here in Jerusalem. That is the only place that you may offer sacrifices. ”
• 2 Chronicles 34:3When Josiah had been king for eight years, he was still a young man. At that time he began to worship God, as his ancestor David had done. When he had been king for 12 years, he started to remove the places in Jerusalem and in all Judah where people worshipped false gods. He removed the altars on the hills, the Asherah poles, the idols and the images of false gods.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Even though Uzziah had a positive spiritual evaluation, he still allowed worship at the pagan shrines (2 Kings 14:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-72Ki 15:1-7. Azariah's Reign over Judah. 1-7. In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam--It is thought that the throne of Judah continued vacant eleven or twelve years, between the death of Amaziah and the inauguration of his son Azariah. Being a child only four years old when his father was murdered, a regency was appointed during Azariah's minority. began Azariah ... to reign--The character of his reign is described by the brief formula employed by the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 15:4

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• High place
• Assyria
• Sacrifice
• Uzza; Uzzah
• Uzziah; (azariah)

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings