Bible Cross References
the high places
2 Chronicles 14:3-5
3
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.
4
He commanded the people of Judah to do the will of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his teachings and commands.
5
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.
Deuteronomy 12:13
You are not to offer your sacrifices wherever you choose;
Deuteronomy 12:14
you must offer them only in the one place that the LORD will choose in the territory of one of your tribes. Only there are you to offer your sacrifices that are to be burned and do all the other things that I have commanded you.
1 Kings 3:2-4
2
A temple had not yet been built for the LORD, and so the people were still offering sacrifices at many different altars.
3
Solomon loved the LORD and followed the instructions of his father David, but he also slaughtered animals and offered them as sacrifices on various altars.
4
On one occasion he went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices because that was where the most famous altar was. He had offered hundreds of burnt offerings there in the past.
1 Kings 22:43
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.
2 Kings 12:3
However, the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
2 Kings 14:4
He did not tear down the pagan places of worship, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
the heart of Asa
2 Chronicles 16:7-12
7
At that time the prophet Hanani went to King Asa and said, "Because you relied on the king of Syria instead of relying on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Israel has escaped from you.
8
Didn't the Ethiopians and the Libyans have large armies with many chariots and cavalry troops? But because you relied on the LORD, he gave you victory over them.
9
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."
10
This made Asa so angry with the prophet that he had him put in chains. It was at this same time that Asa began treating some of the people cruelly.
11
All the events of Asa's reign from beginning to end are recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
12
In the thirty-ninth year that Asa was king, he was crippled by a severe foot disease; but even then he did not turn to the LORD for help, but to doctors.
1 Kings 11:4
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.