2 Chronicles 15:17
The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.
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- Deut 12:13-14 : 13 Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish, 14 for you may do so only in the place the LORD chooses in one of your tribal areas– there you may do everything I am commanding you.
- 1 Kgs 3:2-4 : 2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the LORD. 3 Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the LORD by following the practices of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places. 4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. Solomon would offer up a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.
- 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- 1 Kgs 22:43 : 43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.(22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
- 2 Kgs 12:3 : 3 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
- 2 Kgs 14:4 : 4 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
- 2 Chr 14:3-5 : 3 He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. 4 He ordered Judah to seek the LORD God of their ancestors and to observe his law and commands. 5 He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.
- 2 Chr 16:7-9 : 7 At that time Hanani the prophet visited King Asa of Judah and said to him:“Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. 8 Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the LORD, he handed them over to you! 9 Certainly the LORD watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.” 10 Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time. 11 Asa’s Reign Ends The events of Asa’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease and his disease became severe. Yet even in his disease, he did not seek the LORD, but only the doctors.
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- 1 Kgs 15:11-188 verses97%
11 Asa did what the LORD approved like his ancestor David had done.
12 He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.
13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.
15 He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the LORD’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.
16 Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other.
17 King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.
18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:
- 2 Chr 20:32-332 verses79%
32 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.
33 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors.
- 2 Chr 15:18-192 verses78%
18 He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.
19 Asa’s Failures There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
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43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.(22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
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4 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
- 2 Chr 14:1-33 verses77%
1 (13:23) Abijah passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign the land had rest for ten years.
2 Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments(14:1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.
3 He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.
- 2 Chr 15:15-162 verses76%
15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the LORD and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side.
16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
- 2 Kgs 14:3-42 verses76%
3 He did what the LORD approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash.
4 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
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6 He was committed to following the LORD; he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
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3 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
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8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the LORD in front of the porch of the LORD’s temple.
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35 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the LORD’s temple.
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3 He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.
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3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow God.”
- 2 Chr 16:9-113 verses72%
9 Certainly the LORD watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.”
10 Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.
11 Asa’s Reign Ends The events of Asa’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
- 1 Kgs 15:22-243 verses72%
22 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah(no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. King Asa used the materials to build up Geba(in Benjamin) and Mizpah.
23 The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease.
24 Asa passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king.
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2 He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.
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9 Asa’s Reign over Judah In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.
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61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the LORD our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”
- 2 Chr 17:2-43 verses71%
2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.
3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,
4 but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.
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32 Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other.
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46 He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.
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17 However, the people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
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2 He met Asa and told him,“Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.
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7 At that time Hanani the prophet visited King Asa of Judah and said to him:“Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
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4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
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5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.
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5 He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.
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3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.
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6 But they did not repudiate the sinful ways of the family of Jeroboam, who encouraged Israel to sin; they continued in those sins. There was even an Asherah pole standing in Samaria.
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2 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and of the royal palace and sent it to King Ben Hadad of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message: