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2 Kings 15:4

15:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still 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.

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

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

15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

What does 2 Kings 15:4 mean?

2 Kings 15:4 is a verse in the book of 2 Kings, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בָּמָה (bâmâh), סוּר (çûwr), עַם (ʻam). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Save
that
the
high
placesבָּמָהbâmâh/bam-maw'/H1116an elevation
were
not
removed:סוּרçûwr/soor/H5493to turn off (literal or figurative)
the
peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
sacrificedזָבַחzâbach/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)
still
on
the
high
places.בָּמָהbâmâh/bam-maw'/H1116an elevation

Commentary on 2 Kings 15:4

HENRY_FULL · 2 Kings 15:4
Hazael and Jehu were the men that were designed to be the instruments of God's justice in punishing and destroying the house of Ahab. Elijah was told to appoint them to this service; but, upon Ahab's humiliation, a reprieve was granted, and so it was left to Elisha to appoint them. Hazael's elevation to the throne of Syria we read of in the foregoing chapter; and we must now attend Jehu to the throne of Israel; for him that escapeth the sword of Hazael, as Joram and Ahaziah did, Jehu must slay, of which this chapter gives us an account. I. A commission is sent to Jehu by the hand of one of the prophets, to take upon him the government, and destroy the house of Ahab, ver. 1-10 . II. Here is his speedy execution of this commission. 1. He communicates it to his captains, ver. 11-15 . 2. He marches directly to Jezreel ( ver. 16-20 ), and there dispatches (1.) Joram king of Israel, ver. 21-26 . (2.) Ahaziah king of Judah, ver. 27-29 . (3.) Jezebel, ver. 30-37 . Jehu Ano

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Kings 19:16

And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. Elisha: Gr. Eliseus

1 Kings 19:17

And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

1 Kings 20:30

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. into an: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber

1 Kings 22:25

And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. into: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber

2 Kings 15:5

And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

2 Kings 15:11

And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 15:14

For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with 2 Kings 15:4.

Exodus 32:8

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:29

And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.

Exodus 8:8

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.

Genesis 49:10

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Leviticus 4:31

And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

Leviticus 4:35

And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

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What does 2 Kings 15:4 say?

2 Kings 15:4 (King James Version) reads: "Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places."

Is 2 Kings 15:4 in the Old or New Testament?

2 Kings 15:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 2 Kings.

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