2 Chronicles 17:6
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And when his heart had taken courage for the ways of the Lord, he took away also the high places and the groves out of Juda.

Exodus 34:13
But destroy their altars, break their statues and cut down their groves:

2 Chronicles 15:17
But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

2 Chronicles 19:3
But good works are found in thee, because thou hast taken away the groves out of the land of Juda, and hast prepared thy heart to seek the Lord the God of thy fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:33
But yet he took not away the high places, and the people had not yet turned their heart to the Lord the God of their fathers.

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And when his heart had taken courage for the ways of the Lord, he took away also the high places and the groves out of Juda.

his heart

Deuteronomy 28:47 Because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things:

Job 22:26 Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

lifted up.

Psalm 18:21,22 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God. . . .

Psalm 119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Psalm 138:5 And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know these things? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.

Acts 13:10 Said: O full of all guile and of all deceit, child of the devil, enemy of all justice, thou ceases not to pervert the right ways of the Lord.

he took away

2 Chronicles 14:3 And broke the statues, and cut down the groves.

2 Chronicles 15:17 But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

2 Chronicles 19:3 But good works are found in thee, because thou hast taken away the groves out of the land of Juda, and hast prepared thy heart to seek the Lord the God of thy fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:33 But yet he took not away the high places, and the people had not yet turned their heart to the Lord the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 31:1 And when these things had been duly celebrated, all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda, went out, and they broke the idols, and cut down the groves, demolished the high places, and destroyed the altars, not only out of all Juda and Benjamin, but out of Ephraim also and Manasses, till they had utterly destroyed them: then all the children of Israel returned to their possessions and cities.

2 Chronicles 34:3-7 And in the eighth year of his reign, when he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of his father David: and in the twelfth year after he began to reign, he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the idols, and the graven things. . . .

1 Kings 22:43 And he walked in all the way of Asa, his father, and he declined not from it: and he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. [44] Nevertheless, he took not away the high places for as yet the people offered sacrifice, and burnt incense in the high places.

Context
Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah
5And the Lord established the kingdom in his hand, and all Juda brought presents to Josaphat: and he acquired immense riches, and much glory. 6And when his heart had taken courage for the ways of the Lord, he took away also the high places and the groves out of Juda.7And in the third year of his reign, he sent of his princes Benhail, and Abdias, and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Micheas, to teach in the cites of Juda:…
Lexicon
And his heart
לִבּ֖וֹ (lib·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

took delight
וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּ (way·yiḡ·bah)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1361: To soar, be lofty, to be haughty

in the ways
בְּדַרְכֵ֣י (bə·ḏar·ḵê)
Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of the LORD;
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

furthermore,
וְע֗וֹד (wə·‘ō·wḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

he removed
הֵסִ֛יר (hê·sîr)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

the high places
הַבָּמ֥וֹת (hab·bā·mō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1116: An elevation

and Asherah poles
הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים (hā·’ă·šê·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 842: A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same

from Judah.
מִיהוּדָֽה׃ (mî·hū·ḏāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


Additional Translations
And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

And his heart was exalted in the way of the Lord; and he removed the high places and the groves from the land of Juda.

And he took courage in the ways of Jehovah; moreover, he removed the high places and Asherahs out of Judah.

And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

and his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah.
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