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2 Kings 14:4

14:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

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However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

However, the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. ¶

14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

What does 2 Kings 14:4 mean?

2 Kings 14:4 is a verse in the book of 2 Kings, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בָּמָה (bâmâh), סוּר (çûwr), עוֹד (ʻôwd). It connects to 3 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Howbeit
the
high
placesבָּמָהbâmâh/bam-maw'/H1116an elevation
were
not
taken
away:סוּרçûwr/soor/H5493to turn off (literal or figurative)
as
yetעוֹדʻôwd/ode/H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
the
peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
did
sacrificeזָבַחzâbach/zaw-bakh'/H2076to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
and
burnt
incenseקָטַרqâṭar/kaw-tar'/H6999to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
on
the
high
places.בָּמָהbâmâh/bam-maw'/H1116an elevation

Commentary on 2 Kings 14:4

HENRY_FULL · 2 Kings 14:4
2" The passages of story recorded in this chapter oblige us to look back. I. We read before of a Shunammite woman that was a kind benefactor to Elisha; now here we are told how she fared the better for it, afterwards, in the advice Elisha gave her, and the favour the king showed her for his sake, ver. 1-6 . II. We read before of the designation of Hazael to be king of Syria ( 1 Kings xix. 15 ), and here we have an account of his elevation to that throne and the way he forced for himself to it, by killing his master, ver. 7-15 . III. We read before of Jehoram's reigning over Judah in the room of his father Jehoshaphat ( 1 Kings xxii. 50 ), now here we have a short and sad history of his short and wicked reign ( ver. 16-24 ), and the beginning of the history of the reign of his son Ahaziah, ver. 25-29 . A

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Judges 3:3

Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

1 Samuel 27:1

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. perish: Heb. be consumed

1 Timothy 5:8

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. house: or, kindred

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Other verses that share key original-language words with 2 Kings 14:4.

1 Kings 12:32

And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. offered: or, went up to the altar, etc sacrificing: or, to sacrifice

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat

Hosea 11:2

As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

Hosea 4:13

They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

Isaiah 36:7

But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

Isaiah 65:3

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; upon: Heb. upon bricks

Jeremiah 48:35

Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

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2 Kings 14:4 (King James Version) reads: "Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places."

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2 Kings 14:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 2 Kings.

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