3The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.


In Context

1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother's name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

3 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

4 Joash said to the priests, "Collect all the money that is brought as sacred offerings to the temple of the Lord -the money collected in the census, the money received from personal vows and the money brought voluntarily to the temple.

5 Let every priest receive the money from one of the treasurers, and let it be used to repair whatever damage is found in the temple."

2nd Kings 12:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:3But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:3Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:3Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:3Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:3However the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:3only, the high places have not turned aside, still are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.