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2 Kings 12:3 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 12 · verse 3
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.2 Kings 12:3 · King James Version
2 Kings 12:3 in context
1In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
4And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
5Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sacrificedzâbachto slaughter an animalH2076 →
- incenseqâṭarto smokeH6999 →
- placesbâmâhan elevationH1116 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- awayçûwrto turn offH5493 →
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The general account here given of Joash is, 1. That he reigned forty years. As he began his reign when he was very young, he might, in the course of nature, have continued much longer, for he was cut off when he was but forty-seven years old, Kg2 12:1. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3