2 Kings 15:35

2 Kings 15:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Nevertheless, the high places were not removed. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)However the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of the Lord.

Context of 2 Kings 15:35

33He was 25 years old when he began to rule. He ruled for 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha, daughter of Zadok. 34He did what the Lord considered right, as his father Azariah had done. But the illegal places of worship were not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites. Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple. 36Isn’t everything else about Jotham—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah? 37In those days the Lord began to use King Rezin of Aram and Pekah, son of Remaliah, to attack Judah.

2 Kings 15:35 word by word

רַ֤ק הַבָּמוֹת֙ לֹ֣א סָ֔רוּ ע֗וֹד הָעָ֛ם מְזַבְּחִ֥ים וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים בַּבָּמ֑וֹת ה֗וּא בָּנָ֛ה אֶת־שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה הָעֶלְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Howbeit the high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• were not removedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• sacrificedזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• and burned incenseקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999
• He builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• the higherעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · highH5945
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for 2 Kings 15:35

• 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.
• 2 Kings 18:4He got rid of the illegal places of worship, crushed the sacred stones, and cut down the poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. He even crushed the bronze snake that Moses had made because up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. They called it Nehushtan.
• 2 Chronicles 32:12Isn’t this the same Hezekiah who got rid of the Lord’s places of worship and altars and told Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Worship and sacrifice at one altar?’
• 2 Chronicles 27:3Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple and did extensive building of the wall at the Ophel.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 15:35

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35He built the higher gate - Jotham followed the example of his father in military, no less than in religious, matters (compare the marginal reference with 2 Chronicles 26:9). The “higher” or “upper gate” of the temple is thought to have been that toward the north; and its fortification would seem to indicate fear of an attack from that quarter.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-38Verses 32-38 Jotham showed great respect to the temple. If magistrates cannot do all they would, for the suppressing of vice and profaneness, let them do the more to support and advance piety and virtue.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-35Jotham did what pleased the Lord, but he let people continue worshiping at pagan shrines. rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD: The prosperity from Uzziah’s reign continued under Jotham. Jotham expanded Jerusalem’s wall at the hill of Ophel and worked on many sites in Judea (2 Chronicles 27:3–4). He also defeated the rebellious Ammonites (2 Chronicles 27:5), whom Uzziah had previously subdued (2 Chronicles 26:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3535. the higher gate of the house of the Lord--not the temple itself, but one of its courts; probably that which led into the palace (2Ch 23:20).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 15:35

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Gate, East
• Jerusalem
• Jotham
• Sacrifice
• Temple
• Uzziah; (azariah)
• Remaliah

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