2 Chronicles 15:17
New International Version
Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.

New Living Translation
Although the pagan shrines were not removed from Israel, Asa’s heart remained completely faithful throughout his life.

English Standard Version
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days.

Berean Standard Bible
The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.

King James Bible
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

New King James Version
But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.

New American Standard Bible
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.

NASB 1995
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.

NASB 1977
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.

Legacy Standard Bible
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was wholly devoted all his days.

Amplified Bible
But the high places [of pagan worship] were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.

Christian Standard Bible
The high places were not taken away from Israel; nevertheless, Asa was wholeheartedly devoted his entire life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The high places were not taken away from Israel; nevertheless, Asa was wholehearted his entire life.

American Standard Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they did not remove the altars from Israel, however, the heart of Asa was perfect toward the awe of LORD JEHOVAH his God all the days of his life.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

Contemporary English Version
As long as Asa lived, he was faithful to the LORD, even though he did not destroy the local shrines in Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

English Revised Version
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Although the illegal worship sites in Israel were not taken down, Asa remained committed [to the LORD] his entire life.

Good News Translation
Even though Asa did not destroy all the pagan places of worship in the land, he remained faithful to the LORD all his life.

International Standard Version
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed from Israel, even though Asa's heart was blameless all of his life.

JPS Tanakh 1917
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.

Literal Standard Version
yet the high places have not been removed from Israel; only, the heart of Asa has been perfect all his days.

Majority Standard Bible
The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.

New American Bible
The high places did not disappear from Israel, yet Asa’s heart was undivided as long as he lived.

NET Bible
The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.

New Revised Standard Version
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was true all his days.

New Heart English Bible
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

World English Bible
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

Young's Literal Translation
yet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.

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Context
Asa's Reforms
16King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 17The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days. 18And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 15:16
King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 15:18
And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated.

2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war."

2 Chronicles 17:6
And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.


Treasury of Scripture

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

the high places

2 Chronicles 14:3-5
For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: …

Deuteronomy 12:13,14
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: …

1 Kings 3:2-4
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days…

the heart of Asa

2 Chronicles 16:7-12
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand…

1 Kings 11:4
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

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2 Chronicles 15
1. Asa, with Judah and many of Israel, moved by the prophecy of Azariah,
12. make a solemn covenant with God
16. He puts down Maachah his grandmother for idolatry
18. He brings dedicated things into the house of God, and enjoys a long peace.














(17) But the high places were not taken away.--See on 2Chronicles 14:3; 2Chronicles 14:5. An explanation of the discrepancy has been suggested there; but a better one perhaps may be thus stated. The former passage relates what the good king had resolved and attempted to effect; the present records his want of success, owing to the obstinate attachment of his people to their old sanctuaries.

A similar explanation applies to the apparent contradiction of 2Chronicles 17:6 by 2Chronicles 20:33.

Out of Israel.--Not in Kings. The southern kingdom is meant.

The heart of Asa was perfect.--Kings adds, with Jehovah. The meaning is, that though he failed to get rid of the high places, Asa himself was always faithful to the lawful worship of the Temple. (Comp. 1Chronicles 28:9.) . . .

Verse 17. - The high places were not taken away out of Israel. It is possible, but scarcely tenable, that, by Israel, the northern kingdom may be here intended. But for the apparent discrepancy with those places which say that Asa did take away "the high places" (2 Chronicles 14:3, 5), see notes under them, and §7. 1, pp. 16, 17, of 'Introduction to 1 Chronicles.' "The high places" were hills on which sacrifices were illegitimately offered instead of at the chosen place - at Jerusalem. The heart of Asa was perfect all his days. The words, "with Jehovah," following after the word "perfect" in the parallel (1 Kings 15:17), makes the already plain plainer. The exact meaning is that Asa was consistently free from idolatry to the end.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The high places
וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹת (wə·hab·bā·mō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1116: An elevation

were not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

removed
סָ֖רוּ (sā·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

from Israel,
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (mî·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

but
רַ֧ק (raq)
Adverb
Strong's 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless

Asa's
אָסָ֛א (’ā·sā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 609: Asa -- perhaps 'healer', an Israelite name

heart
לְבַב־ (lə·ḇaḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

was
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

fully devoted
שָׁלֵ֖ם (šā·lêm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 8003: Complete, safe, at peace

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

his days.
יָמָֽיו׃ (yā·māw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day


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OT History: 2 Chronicles 15:17 But the high places were not taken (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr)
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