2 Kings 14:4

2 Kings 14:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense 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)But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
• New King James Version (NKJV)However the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Context of 2 Kings 14:4

2Amaziah was 25 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem. 3He did what the Lord considered right, but not exactly what his ancestor David had done. He did everything his father Joash had done. But the illegal places of worship were still not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites. 5As soon as he had a firm control over the kingdom, he executed the officials who had killed his father, the former king. 6But he didn’t execute their children. He obeyed the Lord’s command written in the Book of Moses’ Teachings: “Parents must never be put to death for the crimes of their children, and children must never be put to death for the crimes of their parents. Each person must be put to death for his own crime.”

2 Kings 14:4 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Howbeit the high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• were not taken awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• as yetעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• did sacrificeזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• and burnt incenseקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999

Cross-references for 2 Kings 14:4

• 2 Kings 12:3But the illegal places of worship weren’t torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites.
• 2 Kings 15:4But the illegal places of worship were still not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 14:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Although Amaziah's spiritual evaluation was acceptable, he did not fully commit to serving the Lord like his ancestor David (2 Chronicles 25:2). David remained the spiritual benchmark for judging the kings of Judah (2 Kings 16:2; 18:3; 1 Kings 15:5, 11). Judah struggled with the ongoing issue of tolerating long-standing pagan shrines (2 Kings 12:3; 1 Kings 14:23; 15:14; 22:43).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-62Ki 14:1-6. Amaziah's Good Reign over Judah. 3-6. He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father--The beginning of his reign was excellent, for he acted the part of a constitutional king, according to the law of God, yet not with perfect sincerity of heart (compare 2Ch 25:2). As in the case of his father Joash, the early promise was belied by the devious course he personally followed in later life (see 2Ch 20:14), as…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 14:4

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Amaziah
• High place
• Jehoash
• Look
• Meddle
• Worse
• Sacrifice
• Nimshi
• incense

Commentaries on 2 Kings 14

• 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