Matthew Henry · Verses 32–38
Jotham showed great respect to the temple. If magistrates cannot do all they would, for the suppressing of vice and profaneness, let them do the more to support and advance piety and virtue.
2 Kings 15:35
However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of Yahweh’s house.
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WEBBE
However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the LORD’s house.
BSB
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
KJV
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
ASV
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.
BBE
But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. He was the builder of the higher doorway of the house of the Lord.
Original Hebrew
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רַק
rak
only
H7535
הַבָּמוֹת
ha·ba·mot
the high places
H1116
לֹא
lo'
not
H3808
סָרוּ
sa·ru
they were removed
H5493
עוֹד
od
still
H5750
הָעָם
ha·'am
the people
H5971
מְזַבְּחִים
me·za·be·chim
[were] sacrificing
H2076
וּמְקַטְּרִים
u·me·ka·te·rim
and [were] making smoke
H6999
בַּבָּמוֹת
ba·ba·mot
at the high places
H1116
הוּא
hu'
he
H1931
בָּנָה
ba·nah
he built
H1129
אֶת־
'et-
(marks the object)
H853
שַׁעַר
sha·'ar
[the] gate of
H8179
בֵּית־
beit-
[the] house of
H1004
יְהוָה
yah·weh
Yahweh
H3068
הָעֶלְיוֹן
ha·'el·yon
(the) upper
H5945
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