2 Kings 12:3
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places.
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- 2 Kings 14:4Rank 1 from verse 3
- 1 Kings 15:14Rank 2 from verse 3
- 1 Kings 22:43Rank 3 from verse 3
43And 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.
43And he walked in all the wayes of Asa his father, hee turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: neuerthelesse, the high places were not taken away: for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
- 2 Kings 15:35Rank 4 from verse 3
35¶ Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the Lord.
35¶ Howbeit, the high places were not remoued: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still in the high places: He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 18:4Rank 5 from verse 3
4¶ He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
4¶ He remooued the high places, and brake the †images, and cut downe the groues, and brake in pieces the *brasen serpent that Moses had made: for vnto those dayes the children of Israel did burne incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
- 2 Chronicles 31:4Rank 6 from verse 3
4Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.
4Moreouer, he commaunded the people that dwelt in Ierusalem, to giue the portion of the Priests, and the Leuites, that they might be incouraged in the Law of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 2:20Rank 7 from verse 3
20¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
20¶ ‖**For of old time I haue broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou saidst; I will not transgresse: when vpon euery high hill, and vnder euery greene tree thou wandrest, playing the harlot.
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2 Kings 12:3
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.
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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Sense 1: Continuing without interruption, or remaining as before. Sense 2: Quiet, silent, or without motion. Sense 3: Even yet or nevertheless. Sense 4: To make quiet or cause to cease.
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sacrificed
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of sacrifice, meaning to present, slay, or consume something as such an offering.
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Burned; consumed, scorched, or altered by fire or heat.
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An aromatic substance or compounded preparation burned in worship or as an offering, producing fragrant smoke.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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2And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
2And Iehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his dayes, wherein Iehoiada the Priest instructed him.
3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places.
Selected passage4¶ And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the Lord,
4¶ And Iehoash said to the priests, All the money of the ‖dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, euen the money of euery one that passeth the account, †the money that euery man is set at, and all the money that †commeth into any mans heart, to bring into the house of the LORD,