1 Kings 22:43

Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah

41 ^aJehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

43 And ^ahe walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord. Nevertheless ^bthe high places were not taken away, for the people offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

44 Also ^aJehoshaphat made ^bpeace with the king of Israel.

45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the might that he showed, and how he made war, are they not written ^ain the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

46 ^aAnd the rest of the¹ perverted persons, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he banished from the land.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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The high places were not taken away - In II Chronicles 17:6, it is expressly said, that he did take away the high places. Allowing that the text is right in 2 Chron., the two places may be easily reconciled. There were two kinds of high places in the land:

1.Those used for idolatrous purposes.

2.Those that were consecrated to God, and were used before the temple was built. The former he did take away; the latter he did not.

But some think the parallel place in II Chronicles 17:6 is corrupted, and that, instead of veod hesir , "and moreover he took away," we should read, velo hesir , "and he did Not take away."

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