Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
except that the high places were never removed, and the people kept on sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
New American Standard Bible
Only
King James Version
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
Holman Bible
Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
A Conservative Version
However the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
American Standard Version
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Amplified
Only [the altars on] the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places [instead of worshiping God at the temple].
Bible in Basic English
But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.
Darby Translation
Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Julia Smith Translation
But the heights were not turned away: the people yet sacrificing and burning incense upon the heights.
King James 2000
Except that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Only he did not remove the high places; the people [were] still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Modern King James verseion
Only, the high places were not removed. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
save that they put not the hill altars away: for the people offered and burned fat still in the hill altars.
NET Bible
But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
New Heart English Bible
However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Webster
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
World English Bible
However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Youngs Literal Translation
only, the high places have not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.
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Word Count of 19 Translations in 2 Kings 15:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Acts Of Azariah (Uzziah) In Judah
3 He did what the LORD considered to be right, just as his father Amaziah had done in everything, 4 except that the high places were never removed, and the people kept on sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. 5 The LORD struck the king so that he was afflicted with leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house while his son Jotham managed the household and ruled the people who lived in the land.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 15:14
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed, even though Asa's heart was blameless toward the LORD all of his life.
1 Kings 22:43
He lived like his father Asa and never abandoned that life. He did what the LORD considered to be right. Nevertheless, the high places were not demolished, and the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.
2 Kings 12:3
except that the high places were not demolished, so the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.
2 Kings 14:4
except that the high places were not abolished. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on the high places.
2 Kings 15:35
except the high places were not torn down, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. But he rebuilt the upper gate of the LORD's Temple.
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 17:6
He remained committed to following the LORD, and he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
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."?
2 Chronicles 34:3
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In the twelfth year of his reign, he began to remove the high places, Asherim, carved images, and cast images from Judah and Jerusalem.