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2 Kings 15:4
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KJ21
save that the high places were not removed; the people sacrificed and burned incense still on the high places.
ASV
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
AMP
Only [the altars on] the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places [instead of worshiping God at the temple].
AMPC
Except the high places were not removed; the people sacrificed and burned incense still on the high places.
BRG
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
CSB
Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
CSBA
Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
CEB
However, the shrines weren’t removed. People kept sacrificing and burning incense at them.
CJB
However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered on the high places.
CEV
But Azariah did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.
DARBY
Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
DRA
But the high places he did not destroy: for the people sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
ERV
But he did not destroy the high places. People still made sacrifices and burned incense in these places of worship.
EASY
But he did not remove the altars on the hills. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on those altars.
EHV
But the high places were still not removed. The people were still offering sacrifices and burning incense there at the high places.
ESV
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
ESVUK
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
EXB
But the ·places where gods were worshiped [L high places; 12:3] were not removed, so the people still made sacrifices and burned incense there.
GNV
But the high places were not put away: for the people yet offered, and burned incense in the high places.
GW
But the illegal places of worship were still not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites.
GNT
But the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
HCSB
Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
ICB
But the places where false gods were worshiped were not removed. So the people still made sacrifices and burned incense there.
ISV
except that the high places were never removed, and the people kept on sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
JUB
But with all this, the high places were not removed; the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
KJV
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
AKJV
save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
LSB
Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
LEB
Only he did not remove the high places; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
TLB
But like his predecessors, he didn’t destroy the shrines on the hills where the people sacrificed and burned incense.
MSG
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king in Judah. He was sixteen years old when he began his rule and he was king for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah. She was from Jerusalem. He did well in the eyes of God, following in the footsteps of his father Amaziah. But he also failed to get rid of the local sex-and-religion shrines; they continued to be popular with the people. God afflicted the king with a bad skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in the palace but no longer acted as king; his son Jotham ran the government and ruled the country.
MEV
But the high places were not removed. The people continued sacrificing and making offerings on the high places.
NOG
But the illegal places of worship were still not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites.
NABRE
though the high places did not disappear, and the people continued to sacrifice and to burn incense on the high places.
NASB
Only the high places were not eliminated; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
NASB1995
Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
NCB
However, he did not eliminate the high places, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
NCV
But the places where gods were worshiped were not removed, so the people still made sacrifices and burned incense there.
NET
But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
NIRV
But the high places weren’t removed. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
NIV
The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
NIVUK
The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
NKJV
except that the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
NLV
But the high places were not taken away. The people still gave gifts and burned special perfume on the high places.
NLT
But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
NRSVA
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
NRSVACE
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
NRSVCE
Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
NRSVUE
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
OJB
However the [idolatrous] high places were not removed; the people offered zevakhim and burned ketoret still on the[idolatrous] high places.
RGT
But the high places were not put away. The people still offered and burned incense in the high places.
RSV
Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
RSVCE
Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
TLV
However, the high places were not taken away—the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
VOICE
But the high places remained. They were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
WEB
However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
WYC
nevertheless he destroyed not [the] high things; (for) yet the people made sacrifice, and burnt incense in (the) high things. (but he did not destroy the hill shrines; for yet the people made sacrifice, and burned incense at the hill shrines.)
YLT
only, the high places have not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.
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