"And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing {that which was} right in the eyes o…" — 1 Kings 22:43

1 Kings 22:43 · KJV

“And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing {that which was} right in the eyes of the LORD:”

— 1 Kings 22:43

Verse 42

Jehoshaphat {was} thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

Verse 44

Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; {for} the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

1 Kings 22 — Context

And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

Jehoshaphat {was} thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing {that which was} right in the eyes of the LORD:

Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; {for} the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:14

But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

2 Kings 12:3

But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

Proverbs 4:27

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

2 Chronicles 20:3-30

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. {himself: Heb. his face}

Exodus 32:8

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These {be} thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 15:8

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that {was} before the porch of the LORD. {abominable...: Heb. abominations}

1 Kings 15:11

And Asa did {that which was} right in the eyes of the LORD, as {did} David his father.

2 Kings 14:3-4

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.

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