| NETBible | He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. 1 (22:44) 2 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. |
| NIV © |
In everything he walked in the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. |
| NASB © |
He walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing right in the sight of the LORD. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. |
| NLT © |
Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the example of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight. During his reign, however, he failed to remove all the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there. |
| MSG © |
He continued the kind of life characteristic of his father Asa--no detours, no dead ends--pleasing GOD with his life. But he failed to get rid of the neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines. People continued to pray and worship at these idolatrous shrines. |
| BBE © |
He did as Asa his father had done, not turning away from it, but doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord; but the high places were not taken away: the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. |
| NRSV © |
He walked in all the way of his father Asa; he did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD; yet the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and offered incense on the high places. |
| NKJV © |
And he 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 the high places were not taken away, for the people offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places. |
| KJV | And he walked <03212> (8799) in all the ways <01870> of Asa <0609> his father <01>_; he turned not aside <05493> (8804) from it, doing <06213> (8800) [that which was] right <03477> in the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>_: nevertheless the high places <01116> were not taken away <05493> (8804)_; [for] the people <05971> offered <02076> (8764) and burnt incense <06999> (8764) yet in the high places <01116>_. |
| NASB © |
He walked <1980> in all <3605> the way <1870> of Asa <609> his father <1> ; he did not turn <5493> aside <5493> from it, doing <6213> right <3477> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068> . However <389> , the high <1116> places <1116> were not taken <5493> away <5493> ; the people <5971> still <5750> sacrificed <2076> and burnt <6999> incense <6999> on the high <1116> places .<1116> |
| LXXM | kai <2532> CONJ eporeuyh <4198> V-API-3S en <1722> PREP pash <3956> A-DSF odw <3598> N-DSF asa <760> N-PRI tou <3588> T-GSM patrov <3962> N-GSM autou <846> D-GSM ouk <3364> ADV exeklinen <1578> V-IAI-3S ap <575> PREP authv <846> D-GSF tou <3588> T-GSN poihsai <4160> V-AAN to <3588> T-ASN euyev {A-ASN} en <1722> PREP ofyalmoiv <3788> N-DPM kuriou <2962> N-GSM (22:44) plhn <4133> ADV twn <3588> T-GPM uqhlwn <5308> A-GPM ouk <3364> ADV exhren <1808> V-AAI-3S eti <2089> ADV o <3588> T-NSM laov <2992> N-NSM eyusiazen {V-IAI-3S} kai <2532> CONJ eyumiwn {V-IAI-3P} en <1722> PREP toiv <3588> T-DPM uqhloiv <5308> A-DPM |
| NET [draft] ITL | He followed <01980> in his father <01> Asa’s <0609> footsteps <01870> and was careful <05493> <03808> to do <06213> what the Lord <03068> approved <05869> <03477> . However <0389> , the high places <01116> were not <03808> eliminated <05493> ; the people <05971> continued <05750> to offer sacrifices <02076> and burn incense <06999> on the high places .<01116> |
| HEBREW | twmbb <01116> Myrjqmw <06999> Myxbzm <02076> Meh <05971> dwe <05750> wro <05493> al <03808> twmbh <01116> Ka ((4)) <0389> hwhy <03068> ynyeb <05869> rsyh <03477> twvel <06213> wnmm <04480> ro <05493> al <03808> wyba <01> aoa <0609> Krd <01870> lkb <03605> Klyw (22:43) <01980> |
| NETBible | He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. 1 (22:44) 2 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the 2 sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT. |