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he turned not aside from it, doing <i>that which was</i> right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; <i>for</i> the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/1_kings/22.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/1_kings/22.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/1_kings/22.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/1_kings/22.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/1_kings/22.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/1_kings/22.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/22.htm" title="Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers">Ellicott</a> • <a href="/commentaries/expositors/1_kings/22.htm" title="Expositor's Bible">Expositor's</a> • <a href="/commentaries/edt/1_kings/22.htm" title="Expositor's Dictionary">Exp Dct</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gaebelein/1_kings/22.htm" title="Gaebelein's Annotated Bible">Gaebelein</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gsb/1_kings/22.htm" title="Geneva Study Bible">GSB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gill/1_kings/22.htm" title="Gill's Bible Exposition">Gill</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gray/1_kings/22.htm" title="Gray's Concise">Gray</a> • <a href="/commentaries/guzik/1_kings/22.htm" title="Guzik Bible Commentary">Guzik</a> • <a href="/commentaries/haydock/1_kings/22.htm" title="Haydock Catholic Bible Commentary">Haydock</a> • <a href="/commentaries/hastings/1_kings/19-11.htm" title="Hastings Great Texts">Hastings</a> • <a href="/commentaries/homiletics/1_kings/22.htm" title="Pulpit Homiletics">Homiletics</a> • <a href="/commentaries/jfb/1_kings/22.htm" title="Jamieson-Fausset-Brown">JFB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/kad/1_kings/22.htm" title="Keil and Delitzsch OT">KD</a> • <a href="/commentaries/king-en/1_kings/22.htm" title="Kingcomments Bible Studies">King</a> • <a href="/commentaries/lange/1_kings/22.htm" title="Lange Commentary">Lange</a> • <a href="/commentaries/maclaren/1_kings/22.htm" title="MacLaren Expositions">MacLaren</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhc/1_kings/22.htm" title="Matthew Henry Concise">MHC</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhcw/1_kings/22.htm" title="Matthew Henry Full">MHCW</a> • <a href="/commentaries/parker/1_kings/22.htm" title="The People's Bible by Joseph Parker">Parker</a> • <a href="/commentaries/poole/1_kings/22.htm" title="Matthew Poole">Poole</a> • <a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/22.htm" title="Pulpit Commentary">Pulpit</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sermon/1_kings/22.htm" title="Sermon Bible">Sermon</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sco/1_kings/22.htm" title="Scofield Reference Notes">SCO</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ttb/1_kings/22.htm" title="Through The Bible">TTB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/wes/1_kings/22.htm" title="Wesley's Notes">WES</a> • <a href="#tsk" title="Treasury of Scripture Knowledge">TSK</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="comtype">EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(43) <span class= "bld">The high places were not taken away.</span>—This agrees with <a href="/2_chronicles/20-33.htm" title="However, the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts to the God of their fathers.">2Chronicles 20:33</a>, and stands in apparent contradiction with <a href="/2_chronicles/17-6.htm" title="And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.">2Chronicles 17:6</a> : “He took away the high places and groves out of Judah.” Probably the key to the apparent discrepancy lies in the words “and groves” (Asherah). The high places taken away were those connected with the base Asherah worship; those which were simply unauthorised sanctuaries remained, at any rate in part.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/benson/1_kings/22.htm">Benson Commentary</a></div><span class="bld"><a href="/1_kings/22-43.htm" title="And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.">1 Kings 22:43</a></span>. <span class="ital">He walked in all the ways of Asa — </span>He took the same care for the government of his kingdom, and especially for the reformation of religion, which Asa did. <span class="ital">Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away</span> — Not fully, or not in the beginning of his reign. For that he did take them away, at least in part, and probably all those which were erected for the worship of idols, appears from <a href="/2_chronicles/17-9.htm" title="And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.">2 Chronicles 17:9</a>. <span class="ital">The people offered</span> —<span class="ital"> incense yet in the high places — </span>Old corruptions are not eradicated without difficulty, especially when they have formerly had the patronage of those that were good, as the high places had of Samuel, Solomon, and some others. Indeed this error was so deeply rooted, that the best of their kings, till Hezekiah’s time, connived at it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/1_kings/22.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>22:41-50 Jehoshaphat's reign appears to have been one of the best, both as to piety and prosperity. He pleased God, and God blessed him.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/1_kings/22.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>On the general piety of Asa, see above, <a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/15-11.htm">1 Kings 15:11-15</a> and references. Jehoshaphat seems to have been a still better king, for he did not, like Asa, fall away in his old age <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/16-2.htm">2 Chronicles 16:2-12</a>.<p>The high places were not taken away - This seems to contradict <a href="/2_chronicles/17-6.htm">2 Chronicles 17:6</a>. Probably the writer of Chronicles refers to the desire and intention of the monarch, while the author of Kings records the practical failure of his efforts. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/1_kings/22.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>29-38. went up to Ramoth-gilead—The king of Israel, bent on this expedition, marched, accompanied by his ally, with all his forces to the siege; but on approaching the scene of action, his courage failed, and, hoping to evade the force of Micaiah's prophecy by a secret stratagem, he assumed the uniform of a subaltern, while he advised Jehoshaphat to fight in his royal attire. The Syrian king, with a view either to put the speediest end to the war, or perhaps to wipe out the stain of his own humiliation (1Ki 20:31), had given special instructions to his generals to single out Ahab, and to take or kill him, as the author of the war. The officers at first directed their assault on Jehoshaphat, but, becoming aware of their mistake, desisted. Ahab was wounded by a random arrow, which, being probably poisoned, and the state of the weather increasing the virulence of the poison, he died at sunset. The corpse was conveyed to Samaria; and, as the chariot which brought it was being washed, in a pool near the city, from the blood that had profusely oozed from the wound, the dogs, in conformity with Elijah's prophecy, came and licked it [1Ki 21:19]. Ahab was succeeded by his son Ahaziah [1Ki 22:40]. <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/1_kings/22.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> <span class="bld">He walked in all the ways of Asa his father; </span> he took the same care for the government of his kingdom, and especially for the reformation of religion, that Asa did; of whom see <span class="bldvs"> <a href="/1_kings/15-11.htm" title="And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.">1 Kings 15:11</a></span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">The high places were not taken away.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">Object.</span> It is said <span class="ital">he did take them away</span>, <span class="bldvs"> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-6.htm" title="And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.">2 Chronicles 17:6</a></span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">Answ.</span> He took away those which were erected to idols; of which he seems to speak there, because the high places are there joined with groves, which were generally erected to idols, and not to the true God, as will appear to any one that shall compare all the scriptures where groves are mentioned; but he could not take away those which were erected to the true God, of which this; place manifestly speaks; as also that parallel place <span class="bldvs"> <a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm" title="But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.">1 Kings 15:14</a></span>, where <span class="bld">See Poole "<a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm" title="But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.">1 Kings 15:14</a>"</span>. Or he took them away, but not fully; or not in the very beginning of his reign. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/1_kings/22.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father,.... Who was a good prince: <p>he turned not aside from doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord; in his moral conversation, religious worship, and civil government: <p>nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places; he took away the high places and groves for idolatrous worship, <a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/17-6.htm">2 Chronicles 17:6</a>, but not the high places in which sacrifices were offered to the Lord, which ought to have been, especially since the temple was built; and those in the tribes of Judah and Benjamin were altogether inexcusable, being near to the temple, and under no restraint, as those of the ten tribes were; but the people were fond of them, because of their antiquity, and it was difficult for religious princes to remove them, if inclined. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/1_kings/22.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing <i>that which was</i> right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless <span class="cverse3">{a}</span> the high places were not taken away; <i>for</i> the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.</span><p>(a) Meaning, that he was led with an error, thinking that they might still sacrifice to the Lord in those places, as they did before the temple was built.</div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/1_kings/22.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">43</span>. <span class="ital">nevertheless</span> [R.V. <span class="bld">howbeit</span>] <span class="ital">the high places were not taken away</span>] for [om. <span class="ital">for</span> R.V.] <span class="ital">the people offered</span> [R.V. <span class="bld">still sacrificed</span>] <span class="ital">and burnt incense yet</span> [om. <span class="ital">yet</span> R.V.] <span class="ital">in the high places</span>. The changes get rid of the italic <span class="ital">for</span>, and put <span class="ital">still</span> instead of <span class="ital">yet</span> in its proper place in the verse. ‘To sacrifice’ is the constant translation of the verb changed in R.V.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>The statement here made is no contradiction, as might at first sight appear, to <a href="/2_chronicles/17-6.htm" title="And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.">2 Chronicles 17:6</a>, ‘he took away the high places and groves [R.V. <span class="bld">the Ashêrim</span>] out of Judah.’ The addition of ‘the Ashêrim’ in the latter passage shews that the writer is speaking of the high places which were devoted to the worship of Baal and Astoreth. This worship had spread from Israel into Judah, and it was this which Jehoshaphat swept away, an act which Jehu the prophet specially commends (<a href="/2_chronicles/19-3.htm" title="Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the groves out of the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.">2 Chronicles 19:3</a>). But the high places which had been from early times set apart for the worship of Jehovah, and which were meant to be put down when the Temple was built, he had not power to abolish. From long custom people clung to them, and having at first been places of acceptable worship, there was great difficulty in proceeding to extremities against those who still chose to worship there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 43.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he walked in an the ways of Asa his father</span> [Apart from his alliance with the house of Ahab, and the troubles in which it involved him, his reign was alike pious and prosperous. Like Asa's, it was distinguished by internal reforms, and By signal deliverances from foreign enemies]; <span class="cmt_word">he turned not aside from it</span> [as Asa was tempted to do in his old age], <span class="cmt_word">doing</span> [Heb. <span class="accented">to do</span>] <span class="cmt_word">that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away</span> [Heb. de<span class="accented">parted not, as in</span> <a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm">1 Kings 15:14</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/15-17.htm">2 Chronicles 15:17</a>; <a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">2 Kings 12:4</a>, Hebrew; 2 Kings 14:4, Hebrew But see <a href="/2_chronicles/18-6.htm">2 Chronicles 18:6</a>. The discrepancy is the exact parallel of that between <a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm">1 Kings 15:14</a> and <a href="/2_chronicles/14-3.htm">2 Chronicles 14:3</a>; or between this latter passage and <a href="/2_chronicles/15-17.htm">2 Chronicles 15:17</a>. And the explanation is the same, viz., that an effort was made to remove the high places, which was partially, and only partially, successful]; <span class="cmt_word">for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places</span> [cf. <a href="/1_kings/3-2.htm">1 Kings 3:2</a>]. 1 Kings 22:43<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/1_kings/22.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>"He walked entirely in the way of his father Asa and departed not from it, to do what was well-pleasing to the Lord," whereas Asa's heart had become more estranged from the Lord in the last years of his reign (see <a href="/1_kings/15-18.htm">1 Kings 15:18</a>.). - On the worship of the high places (<a href="/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43</a>), see at <a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm">1 Kings 15:14</a>.<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/22-42.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 22:42"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 22:42" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/22-44.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 22:44"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 22:44" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>