<p class="poetry">But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.p> <p class="poetry">They have turned aside and gone their own way.<n id="1" />p>

The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the <sc>Lordsc> throughout his lifetime.<n id="1" />

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.p>

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.p>

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and did not repudiate<n id="1" /> them.

They did not neglect any detail of the king&#8217;s orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries.<n id="1" />p>

The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the <sc>Lordsc> throughout his lifetime.<n id="1" />

However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">because they have turned away from following him,p> <p class="poetry">and have not understood<n id="1" /> any of his ways,p>

But they did not repudiate<n id="1" /> the sinful ways of the family<n id="2" /> of Jeroboam, who encouraged Israel to sin; they continued in those sins.<n id="3" /> There was even an Asherah pole<n id="4" /> standing in Samaria.

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.p>

They have quickly turned aside<n id="1" /> from the way that I commanded them &#8211; they have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said, &#8216;These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.&#8217;&#8221;p>

And he said to me, &#8220;Get up, go down at once from here because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have sinned! They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them and have made for themselves a cast metal image.&#8221;<n id="1" />

But they did not obey<n id="1" /> their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped<n id="2" /> them. They quickly turned aside from the path<n id="3" /> their ancestors<n id="4" /> had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s commands, but they did not.<n id="5" />

Then the cows went directly on the road to Beth Shemesh. They went along, mooing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left. The leaders of the Philistines were walking along behind them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh.p>

Saul said to the Kenites, &#8220;Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away<n id="1" /> with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.&#8221; So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites.p>

He followed in his father Asa&#8217;s footsteps and was careful to do what the <sc>Lordsc> approved.<n id="1" /> <v id="(22:44)" /><n id="2" /> However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming!<n id="1" /> When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands.<n id="2" /> They bypassed them and did not destroy them.

Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged<n id="1" /> all who were in Israel to worship the <sc>Lordsc> their God. Throughout the rest of his reign<n id="2" /> they did not turn aside from following the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors.p>