When they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof.

How the warriors have fallen in the midst of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your high places!

The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet ¹  long, 30 feet ²  wide, and 45 feet ³  high.

He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high. ¹ 

The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high. ¹ 

He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. ¹ 

The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. ¹ 

He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

He removed the pagan altars ¹  and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. ² 

The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. ¹ 

He was committed to following the Lord; ¹  he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors. ¹ 

He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

The people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

That day ¹  – let it be darkness; ²  let not God on high regard ³  it, nor let light shine ⁴  on it!

What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty ¹  on high?

(the ransom price for a human life ¹  is too high, and people go to their final destiny), ² 

Do not be so certain you have won! ¹  Do not speak with your head held so high! ² 

For you, O Lord, are the sovereign king ¹  over the whole earth; you are elevated high above all gods.