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2 Kings 15:35

33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

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.

36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

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BSB
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
KJV
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.
WEB
However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the LORD’s house.
ASV
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.
DARBY
Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.
BLB
However, the high places were not removed; still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of YHWH.
ÅB
Dog ble offerhaugene ikke nedlagt; folket ble ved å ofre og brenne røkelse på haugene. Det var han som bygget den øvre port i Herrens hus.
OTB
Men offerhaugene ble ikke fjernet; folket fortsatte å ofre og brenne røkelse på disse haugene. Han bygde den øvre porten til Herrens hus.
B1930
Dog blev offerhaugene ikke nedlagt; folket blev ved å ofre og brenne røkelse på haugene. Det var han som bygget den øvre port i Herrens hus.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 23:20

    And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

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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.

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  • 2 Chronicles 27:3–9

    He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

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  • 2 Kings 15:4

    Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:12

    Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

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  • 2 Kings 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: and he called it Nehushtan.

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