2 Chronicles 14:3
14:3 He removed the pagan altars 1 and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. 2
2 Chronicles 15:17
15:17 The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. 3
2 Chronicles 17:6
17:6 He was committed to following the Lord; 4 he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
2 Chronicles 20:33
20:33 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors. 5
2 Chronicles 28:4
28:4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
2 Chronicles 33:17
33:17 The people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
1 tn Heb “the altars of the foreigner.”
2 sn Asherah poles. A leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon was Asherah, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near groves of evergreen trees, or, failing that, at places marked by wooden poles (Hebrew אֲשֵׁרִים [’asherim], as here). They were to be burned or cut down (Deut 7:5; 12:3; 16:21; Judg 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kgs 18:4).
3 tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete all his days.”
4 tn Heb “and his heart was high in the ways of the Lord.” Perhaps גָּבַהּ (gavah, “be high”) here means “be cheerful” (HALOT 171 s.v.) or “be encouraged” (BDB 147 s.v. 3.a).
5 tn Heb “and still the people did not set their heart[s] on the God of their fathers.”