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1 Kings 15:14

1 Kings 15:14
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father,.... For though Hezion, if he is the same with Rezon, was an adversary to Israel in the days of Solomon, Kg1 11:25, yet it…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

2Ch 14:3 would seem at first sight to imply that he entirely put down the worship. But idolatry, if at one time put down, crept back afterward; or while Asa endeavored to sweep it wholly away, his…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The high places were not removed - He was not able to make a thorough reformation; this was reserved for his son Jehoshaphat.

Asa's heart was perfect - He worshipped the true God, and zealously…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Kings 15:9-24

We have here a short account of the reign of Asa; we shall find a more copious history of it Ch2 14:1-15, 15, and Ch2 16:1-14. Here is,

I. The length of it: He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

But the high places were not removed R.V. taken away. The change is made that this passage may be rendered in the same way as 2Ch 15:17, with which it is identical. In Judah (we are told 2Ch 14:5) Asa…