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2 Kings 12:3

But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

KJV

Verumtamen excelsa non abstulit : adhuc enim populus immolabat, et adolebat in excelsis incensum.

Vulgate

πλὴν τῶν ὑψηλῶν οὐ μετεστάθησαν, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἔτι ὁ λαὸς ἐθυσίασαν καὶ ἐθυμίων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς.

LXX

Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֨עַשׂ יְהוֹאָ֧שׁ הַ/יָּשָׁ֛ר בְּ/עֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה כָּל יָמָ֑י/ו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹרָ֔/הוּ יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע הַ/כֹּהֵֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע
yhvyd'
proper_noun · 51×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְהוֹאָ֣שׁ
yhv'sh
proper_noun · 17×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
נִי
ny
verb · 86×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 15:14 — But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
  • 1Kgs 15:14 — But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
  • 1Kgs 22:43 — And 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 places were not taken away; for the people offer
  • 1Kgs 22:43 — And 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 places were not taken away; for the people offer
  • 2Chr 15:17 — But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
  • 2Kgs 14:4 — Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
  • 2Kgs 14:4 — Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
  • 2Kgs 15:35 — 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.
  • 2Kgs 15:35 — 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.
  • 2Kgs 18:4 — He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it
  • 2Kgs 18:4 — He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it