1 Kings 15:14

1 Kings 15:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.
• New International Version (NIV)Although he did not remove the high places, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true to the Lord all his days.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was loyal to the Lord all his days.

Context of 1 Kings 15:14

12He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. 13He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron. But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the Lord all his days. 15He brought into the house of the Lord the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils. 16Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

1 Kings 15:14 word by word

וְהַבָּמ֖וֹת לֹא־סָ֑רוּ רַ֣ק לְבַב־אָסָ֗א הָיָ֥ה שָׁלֵ֛ם עִם־יְהוָ֖ה כָּל־יָמָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• But the highבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• were not takenסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• neverthelessרַקraq · thinH7534
• the heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• of Asaאָסָא'âsâ' · AsaH609
• whollyשָׁלֵםshâlêm · completeH8003
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• his daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

People and places in 1 Kings 15:14

• Asa

Cross-references for 1 Kings 15:14

• 1 Kings 22:43He walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing right in the sight of the Lord. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
• 2 Kings 12:3Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
• 2 Kings 14:4Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
• 2 Kings 15:4Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
• 2 Chronicles 14:3for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim,
• 1 Kings 15:3He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, like the heart of his father David.
• 1 Kings 8:61Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.”
• 1 Kings 11:4For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.
• 2 Chronicles 15:17But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.
• 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.”
• 2 Chronicles 25:2He did right in the sight of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 15:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The high places were not removed - He was not able to make a thorough reformation; this was reserved for his son Jehoshaphat. Asa's heart was perfect - He worshipped the true God, and zealously promoted his service; see on 1 Kings 15:3; (note). And even the high places which he did not remove were probably those where the true God alone was worshipped; for that there were such high places the preceding history amply proves, and Jarchi intimates that these…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 142 Chronicles 14:3 would seem at first sight to imply that he entirely put down the worship. But idolatry, if at one time put down, crept back afterward; or while Asa endeavored to sweep it wholly away, his subjects would not be controlled, but found a means of maintaining it in some places - not perhaps in the cities (see 2 Chronicles 14:5), but in remote country districts, where the royal authority was weaker, and secrecy more practicable.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-24Verses 9-24 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is so in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of reformation. He removed that which was evil; there reformation begins, and a great deal he found to do. When Asa found idolatry in the court, he rooted it out thence. Reformation must begin at home. Asa honours and respects his mother; he loves her well, but he loves God better. Those that have power are happy when thus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15Even though he let the pagan shrines stay, Asa stayed faithful to the Lord. People seemed to use these shrines to worship the Lord. In his later years, Asa's spiritual enthusiasm seemed to weaken (2 Chronicles 16:7–12).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 15:14

• Asa
• High Places
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Perfection
• Rulers
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Asa
• Baasha
• Proclamation
• Abishag
• Criticism
• High Place
• Judah, Kingdom of

Commentaries on 1 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
• 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