Like his father Asa before him, he did what was right in the sight of the LORD; but the places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

However, the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

He did not tear down the pagan places of worship, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

But the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

He removed the foreign altars and the pagan places of worship, broke down the sacred stone columns, and cut down the symbols of the goddess Asherah.

Because he abolished the pagan places of worship and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, the kingdom was at peace under his rule.

He committed the same sins as his father and was not completely loyal to the LORD his God, as his great-grandfather David had been.

May you, his people, always be faithful to the LORD our God, obeying all his laws and commands as you do today."

and by the time he was old they had led him into the worship of foreign gods. He was not faithful to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

Even though Asa did not destroy all the pagan places of worship in the land, he remained faithful to the LORD all his life.

He placed in the Temple all the objects his father Abijah had dedicated to God, as well as the gold and silver objects that he himself dedicated.

The LORD keeps close watch over the whole world, to give strength to those whose hearts are loyal to him. You have acted foolishly, and so from now on you will always be at war."

He did what was pleasing to the LORD, but did it reluctantly.