2 Chronicles 15:17

2 Chronicles 15:17 in other versions

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

Context of 2 Chronicles 15:17

15All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had sought Him earnestly, and He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side. 16He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from the position of queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah, and Asa cut down her horrid image, crushed it and burned it at the brook Kidron. But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days. 18He brought into the house of God the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils. 19And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

2 Chronicles 15:17 word by word

וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹת לֹא־סָ֖רוּ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל רַ֧ק לְבַב־אָסָ֛א הָיָ֥ה שָׁלֵ֖ם כָּל־יָמָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• But the highבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• were not removedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• from Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• neverthelessרַקraq · thinH7534
• Asa’sאָסָא'âsâ' · AsaH609
• heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• was blamelessשָׁלֵםshâlêm · completeH8003
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• his daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 15:17

• 2 Chronicles 14:3for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim,
• Deuteronomy 12:13“Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see,
• 1 Kings 3:2The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days.
• 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 Chronicles 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Aram has escaped out of your hand.
• 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.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The high places were not taken away - He had totally suppressed or destroyed the idolatry; but some of the places, buildings, or altars, he permitted to remain.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Comparing this verse with marginal references, it would seem that in 2 Chronicles 14:3, 2 Chronicles 14:5 the intention and endeavors of the monarch are in the writer‘s mind, while here he is speaking of the practice of the people. However earnestly the most pious monarchs sought to root out the high-place worship, they failed of complete success. Compare a similar discrepancy, to be similarly explained, in the history of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:6; 2…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-18The Chronicler described Asa’s response using the prophet’s exact words, but Asa's actions exceeded the general advice. When Asa heard the prophecy, he bravely started a wide-ranging reform. He began by removing the offensive idols that had returned to the land (see 2 Chronicles 14:5). Complete trust in God had won the war against the Cushites, and fully renewing the covenant brought peace to the promised land (2 Chronicles 15:15).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 15:17

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In the dictionaries

• Asa
• Israel
• Covenant
• Renew
• Criticism
• Oded
• Sacrifice

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 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