⁴³ In everything he followed 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.^[a]

⁴⁶ He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes who remained there even after the reign of his father Asa.