4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

Other Translations of 2 Kings 15:4

New International Version

4 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

English Standard Version

4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.

The Message

4 But he also failed to get rid of the local sex-and-religion shrines; they continued to be popular with the people.

New King James Version

4 except that the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

New Living Translation

4 But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 15:4

Commentary on 2 Kings 15:1-7

(Read 2 Kings 15:1-7)

Uzziah did for the most part that which was right. It was happy for the kingdom that a good reign was a long one.