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1 Kings 15:14-15

1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 Kings 15:14 Even though the high places were not taken away, Asa was commended for his religious policy. He was faithful enough to bring into the house of the LORD the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts. When 2 Chronicles 14:3 says that Asa removed the high places, this should be taken as meaning he removed some but not all of them (compare 2 Chronicles 15:17).

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See also 1 Kings 15:14-15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 15:14. _THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT REMOVED_] He was not able to make a thorough _reformation_; this was reserved for his son Jehoshaphat. _ASA'S HEART WAS PERFECT_] He worshipped the tru...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    2 Chronicles 14:3 would seem at first sight to imply that he entirely put down the worship. But idolatry, if at one time put down, crept back afterward; or while Asa endeavored to sweep it wholly away...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. KINGS OF ISRAEL Chapter S 15:25-16 _ 1. Nadab, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:25)_ 2. Baasha, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:1) 3. Elah, King of Israel ...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. ABIJAM AND ASA, KINGS OF JUDAH CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Abijam of Judah (1 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 13)_ 2. Asa of Judah (1 Kings 15:9;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ABIJAM AND ASA OF JUDAH, AND NADAB AND BAASHA OF ISRAEL. Abijam, called Abijah (2 Chronicles 13:1), had a short and evil reign. It would appear, notwithstanding 1 Kings 15:8, that he was succeeded by...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT REMOVED: not till the reign of Hezekiah (1 Kings 22:43; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 18:4)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _But the high places were not removed_ R.V. TAKEN AWAY. The change is made that this passage may be rendered in the same way as 2 Chronicles 15:17, with which it is identical. In Judah (we are told 2...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT REMOVED— This seems to be contradicted by 2 Chronicles 14:3 where we are told that Asa took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places; but for the right und...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. THE REFORMATION UNDER ASA 15:9-24 At the outset of his reign, Asa launched a national movement to bring his people back to the old paths of fidelity to God. But as time went on, Asa's religious fer...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BUT THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT REMOVED: NEVERTHELESS ASA'S HEART WAS PERFECT WITH THE LORD ALL HIS DAYS._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REIGNS OF ABIJAM AND ASA, NADAB AND BAASHA 2. Abishalom] i.e. Absalom. In 2 Chronicles 13:2 his mother is called Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel, and if this is correct, Absalom was probably her g...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT REMOVED] The same condition of things continued until the reign of Hezekiah: see 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 18:4...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 ABIJAM’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 It was the 18th year of the rule of Jeroboam son of Nebat. At this time, Abijam became king of *Ju...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BUT THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT REMOVED. — The record of the Chronicles — contrasting 2 Chronicles 14:5 with 1 Kings 15:17 — indicates with tolerable plainness an attempt at this reform on Asa’s part, wh...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הַ בָּמֹ֖ות לֹא ־סָ֑רוּ רַ֣ק לְבַב

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A BETTER DAY DAWNS 1 Kings 15:1 Again we meet with those references to David that we found in the previous chapter. See 1 Kings 15:3; 1 Kings 15:11. His name lingers as sweet fragrance in the air, or...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this chapter we have the continuation of a sad story in the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Under the reign of Abijam the process of deterioration went rapidly forward. He walked in the sins of his f...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was (e) perfect with the LORD all his days. (e) Though he permitted them to worship God in other places than he had appointed it came fr...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    The high places. There were excelsa, or high places, of two different kinds. Some were set up and dedicated to the worship of idols, or strange gods: and these Asa removed, 2 Paralipomenon xiv. 2. Oth...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (9) В¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. (10) And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14, 15, AND 16. In spite of this testimony, Jeroboam perseveres in his sin. The only one of his sons in whom any piety is seen dies; and the judgment of God...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT REMOVED,.... That is, such as had been used for the worship of God, before the temple was built, which yet now should have been removed, since sacrifice was now only to be...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. Ver. 14. _But the high places were not removed,_] _sc., _ Such as were set up for the worship of...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The high places were not removed 2 Chronicles 14:3_. _He took away the altars of_ the _strange_ gods, _and the high places_ where they were worshipped: but as for those high places where the true God...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Abiiams wicked reigne. 7 Asa succeedeth him. 9 Asas good reigne. 16 The warre betweene Baasha and him, causeth him to make a league with Benhadad. 23 Iehoshaphat succeedeth Asa. 25 Nadabs wicke...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RULE OF ASA IN JUDAH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But the high places, some of which at least, although unlawfully, were dedicated to Jehovah, WERE NOT REMOVED; Asa's reforms were not quite able to accomplish so much; NEVERTHELESS, ASA'S HEART WAS PE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ABIJAM'S MUCH SHORTER REIGN (vs.1-8) Though Rehoboam's reign was short, that of Abijam was much shorter, only three years (v.2). His mother's name was Maacah, who must have had no good influence ove...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-24 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is so in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of reformation. He removed that which was evil; there reformation begins, a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT REMOVED. OBJECT. He did take these away, 2 CHRONICLES 14:3. ANSW. He took away those which were devoted to the worship of idols, as is there said, he took away the altars of t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 15:14 places H1116 removed H5493 (H8804) Asas H609 heart H3824 loyal H8003 LORD H3068 days H3117...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REIGN OF GOOD KING ASA OF JUDAH C. 911-870 BC (1 KINGS 15:9). In Asa we have the first king following David who made a genuine effort to turn the people back to YHWH. He removed the most blatant e...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    HIGH PLACES Compare (2 Chronicles 14:3). It appears that local sacrifices to Jehovah (though not according to the divine order) were offered in the times of the kings upon "high places" (cf) (1 Samu...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Accession of Abijam and Asa over Judah. War with Baasha. League with Syria. Accession of Nadab over Israel and Baasha over Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Abijam, Asa, Nadab, Baasha, Ben-hadad. C...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 15:4. _For David's sake;_ for the sake of the covenant which God had given to David. Forgetful children may for a time have their father's mercies. David was indeed the light and joy of Israel...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord._ THE CHARACTER OF ASA In Asa, King of Judah, we have one of the most melancholy, yet perhaps one of the most marvellous instances on record in t...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 15:12. THE SODOMITES—_vide_ Notes on 1 Kings 14:24. ALL THE IDOLS—גִּלּוּלִים, a word for despicable things. The Rabbins render it mud-gods; _Ewald_ renders i...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE REIGNS OF ABIJAM AND ASA, KINGS OF JUDAH. _The Reign of Abijam_. 1 KINGS 15:1 NOW IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF KING JEROBOAM, THE SON OF NEBAT, REIGNED ABIJAM [see n

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And he walked in the sins, which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely towards the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. Nevertheless for David's sake the LORD gave hi...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 11:4; 1 Kings 15:3; 1 Kings 22:43; 1 Kings 8:61; 2 Chro

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    High places — 2 Chronicles 14:3. He took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places where they were worshipped: but as for those high places where the true God was worshipped he did not...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Did Asa destroy the high places or leave them standing? PROBLEM: Second Chronicles 2 Chronicles 14:3 asserts that “he [Asa] removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places.” But here, 1 Ki...

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