Then he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for the demons, and the calf idols which he had made.

for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images.

He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him.

But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.

And his heart took delight in the ways of the Lord; moreover he removed the high places and wooden images from Judah.

Nevertheless the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit harlotry, and led Judah astray.

And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

And in every single city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers.

The Reforms of Hezekiah

Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke the sacred pillars in pieces, cut down the wooden images, and threw down the high places and the altars—from all Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh—until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned to their own cities, every man to his possession.

Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, “You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on it”?

For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and made wooden images; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

Also his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed they are written among the sayings of Hozai.

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images.