2 Kings 15:35

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2 Kings 15:33–37 · Berean Standard Bible

33 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.

34 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

35 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.

36 As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

37 (In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

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2 Kings 15:4

Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

2 Kings 18:4

He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

2 Chronicles 32:12

Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?

2 Chronicles 27:3

Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

2 Chronicles 27:4

He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

2 Chronicles 27:5

Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

2 Chronicles 27:6

So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 27:7

As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

2 Chronicles 27:8

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.

2 Chronicles 27:9

And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.