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1 Kings 15 14
But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true to the Lord all his days.
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2 Kings 12 3
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.
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2 Chronicles 19 3-2 Chronicles 19 4
Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem. And he went out again among the people, from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
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1 Kings 14 23
For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
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2 Chronicles 16 7-2 Chronicles 16 12
At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him,“ Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you.Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the Lord, he gave them into your hand.For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time.The acts of Asa, from first to last, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet, and his disease became severe. Yet even in his disease he did not seek the Lord, but sought help from physicians.
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2 Kings 15 3-2 Kings 15 4
And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
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2 Chronicles 14 2-2 Chronicles 14 5
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.He took away the foreign altars and the high places and broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherimand commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to keep the law and the commandment.He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
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1 Kings 15 11
And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father had done.
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2 Chronicles 20 3-2 Chronicles 20 30
Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.And Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,and said,“ O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?And they have lived in it and have built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,‘ If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you— for your name is in this house— and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy—behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”Meanwhile all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.And he said,“ Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the Lord to you,‘ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God’s.Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel.You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.”Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping the Lord.And the Levites, of the Kohathites and the Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said,“ Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.”And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say,“ Give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever.”And when they began to sing and praise, the Lord set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed.For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the horde, and behold, there were dead bodies lying on the ground; none had escaped.When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found among them, in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the Lord. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Beracah to this day.Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies.They came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the Lord.And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
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2 Kings 18 22
But if you say to me,“ We trust in the Lord our God,” is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem,“ You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem”?
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2 Chronicles 15 8
As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.
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Psalms 125:5
But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
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Psalms 40:4
Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
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2 Chronicles 15 17
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days.
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Proverbs 4:27
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.
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Psalms 101:3
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
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1 Kings 15 5
because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
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1 Samuel 12 20-1 Samuel 12 21
And Samuel said to the people,“ Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.
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2 Kings 14 3-2 Kings 14 4
And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father. He did in all things as Joash his father had done.But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
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2 Chronicles 17 3-2 Chronicles 17 6
The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals,but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the practices of Israel.Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor.His heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord. And furthermore, he took the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
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2 Chronicles 14 11
And Asa cried to the Lord his God,“ O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.”
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Exodus 32:8
They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said,‘ These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’”
