Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
The higher gate
Bible References
Howbeit
2 Kings 15:4
except that the high places were never removed, and the people kept on sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, demolished the sacred pillars, and tore down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had crafted, because the Israelis had been burning incense to it right up until that time. Hezekiah called it a piece of brass.
2 Chronicles 32:12
Isn't this the very same Hezekiah who removed this god's high places and altars? Isn't this the same Hezekiah who issued this order to Judah and Jerusalem: "You are to worship in front of only one altar and burn your sacrifices only on it."?
The higher gate
2 Chronicles 27:3
Jotham constructed the Upper Gate of the LORD's Temple and did extensive work on the wall of Ophel.