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Andp he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high placesa were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

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2 Chron. 17:3• ³{i}And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;{/i} (2 Chron. 17:3)

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1 Kings 14:23• ²³For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. (1 Kings 14:23)

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1 Kings 15:14• ¹⁴{i}But the high places were not removed; only{/i}, Asa's heart was perfect , with Jehovah all his days. (1 Kings 15:14)

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2 Kings 12:3• ³But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. (2 Kings 12:3)

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he walked.

1 Kings 15:11,14• ¹¹{i}And Asa did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, as David his father.{/i}
¹⁴{i}But the high places were not removed; only{/i}, Asa's heart was perfect , with Jehovah all his days. (1 Kings 15:11,14)

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2 Chron. 14:2‑5,11• ²And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:
³for he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves:
⁴and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
⁵And he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
¹¹And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, [it is] nothing with thee to help, whether with many or with them that hath no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou [art] our God; let not man prevail against thee. (2 Chron. 14:2‑5,11)

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2 Chron. 15:8,17• ⁸{i}And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.{/i}
¹⁷But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless, the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. (2 Chron. 15:8,17)

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2 Chron. 17:3• ³{i}And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;{/i} (2 Chron. 17:3)

he turned.

1 Kings 15:5• ⁵because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, {i}and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Urijah the Hittite{/i}. (1 Kings 15:5)

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Ex. 32:8• ⁸{i}They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!{/i} (Ex. 32:8)

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1 Sam. 12:20‑21• ²⁰And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart;
²¹and turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. (1 Sam. 12:20‑21)

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2 Chron. 16:7‑12• ⁷And 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 Jehovah thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.
⁸{i}Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? but when thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.{/i}
⁹{i}For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.{/i}
¹⁰{i}And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.{/i}
¹¹{i}And behold the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.{/i}
¹²{i}And Asa in the thirty-ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was extremely great; yet in his disease he did not seek Jehovah, but the physicians.{/i} (2 Chron. 16:7‑12)

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Psa. 40:4• ⁴Blessed the man who hath made Jehovah his trust,{HR}And hath not turned round to the proud{HR}And those who swerve to falsehood. (Psa. 40:4)

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Psa. 101:3• ³I will set nothing of Belial before mine eyes;{HR}I hate the doing of those that turn aside ;{HR}It shall not cleave to me. (Psa. 101:3)

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Psa. 125:5• ⁵But those that turn to crooked ways{HR}Will Jehovah lead forth with the workers of iniquity.{HR}Peace [be] upon Israel. (Psa. 125:5)

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Prov. 4:27• ²⁷Turn not to the right hand nor to the left;{HR}Remove thy foot from evil. (Prov. 4:27)

doing.

2 Chron. 17:3‑6• ³{i}And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;{/i}
⁴{i}but he sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.{/i}
⁵{i}And Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave gifts to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and honour in abundance.{/i}
⁶His heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: moreover, he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. (2 Chron. 17:3‑6)

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2 Chron. 19:3‑4• ³{i}Nevertheless there are good things found in thee; for thou hast put away the Asherahs out of the land, and hast directed thy heart to seek God.{/i}
⁴{i}And Jehoshaphat dwelt in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back to Jehovah the God of their fathers.{/i} (2 Chron. 19:3‑4)

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2 Chron. 20:3‑30• ³{i}And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Jehovah, and proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.{/i}
⁴{i}And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah.{/i}
⁵{i}And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court;{/i}
⁶{i}and he said, Jehovah, God of our fathers, art not thou God in the heavens, and rulest thou not over all the kingdoms of the nations? And in thy hand there is power and might, and none can withstand thee.{/i}
⁷{i}Hast not thou, our God, dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and given it forever to the seed of Abraham, thy friend?{/i}
⁸{i}And they have dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,{/i}
⁹{i}If evil come upon us, sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, and we stand before this house and before thee—for thy name is in this house—and cry unto thee in our distress, then thou wilt hear and save.{/i}
¹⁰{i}And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab, and those of mount Seir, amongst whom thou wouldest not let Israel go when they came out of the land of Egypt, (for they turned from them, and destroyed them not,){/i}
¹¹{i}behold, they reward us, in coming to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to possess.{/i}
¹²{i}Our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might in presence of this great company which cometh against us, neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon thee.{/i}
¹³{i}And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their sons.{/i}
¹⁴{i}And upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, upon him came the Spirit of Jehovah, in the midst of the congregation;{/i}
¹⁵{i}and he said, Be attentive, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat! Thus saith Jehovah unto you: Fear not, nor be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.{/i}
¹⁶{i}Tomorrow go down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.{/i}
¹⁷{i}Ye shall not have to fight on this occasion: set yourselves, stand and see the salvation of Jehovah who is with you! Judah and Jerusalem, fear not nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, and Jehovah will be with you.{/i}
¹⁸{i}And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah, worshipping Jehovah.{/i}
¹⁹{i}And the Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites, and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise Jehovah the God of Israel with an exceeding loud voice.{/i}
²⁰{i}And they rose early in the morning, and went forth towards the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Jehovah your God, and ye shall be established; believe his prophets, and ye shall prosper!{/i}
²¹{i}And he consulted with the people, and appointed singers to Jehovah, and those that should praise in holy splendour, as they went forth before the armed men, and say, Give thanks to Jehovah; for his loving-kindness endureth forever!{/i}
²²{i}And when they began the song of triumph and praise, Jehovah set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who had come against Judah, and they were smitten.{/i}
²³The children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy [them]; and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
²⁴{i}And Judah came on to the mountain-watch in the wilderness, and they looked toward the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none had escaped.{/i}
²⁵{i}And Jehoshaphat and his people came to plunder the spoil of them, and they found among them in abundance, both riches with the dead bodies, and precious things, and they stripped off for themselves more than they could carry away; and they were three days in plundering the spoil, it was so much.{/i}
²⁶{i}And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah{/i}, for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore the name of the same place was called the valley of Berachah unto this day.
²⁷{i}And they returned, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies.{/i}
²⁸{i}And they came to Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, to the house of Jehovah.{/i}
²⁹{i}And the terror of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel.{/i}
³⁰{i}And the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; and his God gave him rest round about.{/i} (2 Chron. 20:3‑30)

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1 Kings 14:23• ²³For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. (1 Kings 14:23)

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1 Kings 15:14• ¹⁴{i}But the high places were not removed; only{/i}, Asa's heart was perfect , with Jehovah all his days. (1 Kings 15:14)

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2 Kings 12:3• ³But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. (2 Kings 12:3)

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2 Kings 14:3‑4• ³{i}And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.{/i}
⁴{i}Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.{/i} (2 Kings 14:3‑4)

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2 Kings 15:3‑4• ³{i}And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.{/i}
⁴{i}Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.{/i} (2 Kings 15:3‑4)

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2 Kings 18:22• ²²But if ye say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God. Is not that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? (2 Kings 18:22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah. Only, the high places were not removed: the people offered and burned incense still on the high places.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah. Only, the high places were not removed: the people offered and burned incense still on the high places.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)