King James Version
1 Kings 15:14 in the King James Version says “But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.”
1 Kings 15:14 · KJV
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. destroyed: Heb. cut off
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. things: Heb. holy
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“with the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all his days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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