2 Kings 14:4
Strong's Lexicon
Nevertheless,
רַ֥ק (raq)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 7535: 1) only, altogether, surely 1a) only 1b) only, nought but, altogether (in limitation) 1c) save, except (after a negative) 1d) only, altogether, surely (with an affirmative) 1e) if only, provided only (prefixed for emphasis) 1f) only, exclusively (for emphasis)

the high places
הַבָּמ֖וֹת (hab·bā·mō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1116: 1) high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform) 1a) high place, mountain 1b) high places, battlefields 1c) high places (as places of worship) 1d) funeral mound?

were not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

taken away,
סָ֑רוּ (sā·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5493: 1) to turn aside, depart 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn aside, turn in unto 1a2) to depart, depart from way, avoid 1a3) to be removed 1a4) to come to an end 1b) (Polel) to turn aside 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose 1c2) to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish 1d) (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed

and the people
הָעָ֛ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred

continued
ע֥וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5750: subst 1) a going round, continuance adv 2) still, yet, again, besides 2a) still, yet (of continuance or persistence) 2b) still, yet, more (of addition or repetition) 2c) again 2d) still, moreover, besides

sacrificing
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים (mə·zab·bə·ḥîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2076: 1) to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to slaughter for sacrifice 1a2) to slaughter for eating 1a3) to slaughter in divine judgment 1b) (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice

and burning incense
וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים (ū·mə·qaṭ·ṭə·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6999: v 1) to sacrifice, burn incense, burn sacrifices, make sacrifices smoke 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to make sacrifices smoke 1a2) to sacrifice 1b) (Pual) to smoke a sacrifice 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make sacrifices smoke 1c2) to cause incense to smoke, offer incense 1c3) to make smoke upon 1d) (Hophal) to be made to smoke n m 2) incense n f 3) incense-altar

on the high places.
בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃ (bab·bā·mō·wṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1116: 1) high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform) 1a) high place, mountain 1b) high places, battlefields 1c) high places (as places of worship) 1d) funeral mound?

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Young's Literal Translation
only, the high places have not turned aside—yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

New American Standard Bible
Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

King James Bible
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

New Living Translation
Amaziah did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

English Standard Version
But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.

New American Standard Bible
Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

King James Bible
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

International Standard Version
except that the high places were not abolished. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on the high places.

NET Bible
But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

American Standard Version
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

English Revised Version
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

Young's Literal Translation
only, the high places have not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.
















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

2 Kings 14:3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

2 Kings 16:4
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

2 Kings 1:1
Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

2 Kings 14:2
He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

2 Kings 14:1
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

2 Kings 14:5
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

2 Kings 14:6
But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

2 Kings 14:7
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
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