2 Chronicles 15:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Douay-Rheims

וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹת לֹא־סָ֖רוּ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל רַ֧ק לְבַב־אָסָ֛א הָיָ֥ה שָׁלֵ֖ם כָּל־יָמָֽיו׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

However, Asa fell short in certain aspects. Primarily, he failed to eliminate all the high places, which are the altars dedicated to the Almighty in elevated locations. This was significant because it was prohibited to make sacrifices in any other place, and the worship as dictated by the law was designated to occur in a single location.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

2 Chr 14:3And broke the statues, and cut down the groves.
2 Chr 14:5And he took away out of all the cities of Juda the altars, and temples, and reigned in peace.
Deut 12:13Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every place that thou shalt see:
Deut 12:14But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes shalt thou offer sacrifices, and shalt do all that I command thee.
2 Chr 16:7At that time Hanani the prophet came to Asa king of Juda, and said to him: Because thou hast had confidence in the king of Syria, and not in the Lord thy God, therefore hath the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.
2 Chr 16:12And Asa fell sick in the nine and thirtieth year of his reign, of a most violent pain in his feet, and yet in his illness he did not seek the Lord, but rather trusted in the skill of physicians.