2 Kings 15:4

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And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;	Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.	And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son [was] over the house, judging the people of the land.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Save that the high places^H1116 were not removed^H5493: the people^H5971 sacrificed^H2076 and burnt incense^H6999 still on the high places^H1116.

Original Hebrew

רַק הַבָּמֹות לֹא־סָרוּ עֹוד הָעָם מְזַבְּחִים וּמְקַטְּרִים בַּבָּמֹות׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
רַ֥ק	rak	H7535	HTa	only
הַ/בָּמ֖וֹת	ha./ba.Mot	H1116	HTd/Ncfpa	the/ high places
לֹא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
סָ֑רוּ	Sa.ru	H5493	HVqp3cp	they were removed
ע֥וֹד	od	H5750	HD	still
הָ/עָ֛ם	ha./'Am	H5971	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ people
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים	me.za.be.Chim	H2076	HVprmpa	(were) sacrificing
וּֽ/מְקַטְּרִ֖ים	u./me.ka.te.Rim	H6999	HC/Vprmpa	and/ (were) making smoke
בַּ/בָּמֽוֹת	ba./ba.Mot	H1116	HRd/Ncfpa	at the/ high places

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1116 — בָּמָה (bâmâh, bam-maw'): from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation; height, high place, wave.
H2076 — זָבַח (zâbach, zaw-bakh'): a primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice); kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
H5493 — סוּר (çûwr, soor): or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
H6999 — קָטַר (qâṭar, kaw-tar'): a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants); to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship); burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
H5750 — עוֹד (ʻôwd, ode): or עֹד; from עוּד; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more; again, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).
H7535 — רַק (raq, rak): the same as רַק as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although; but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

the high places — 1 Kings 15:14, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Kings 14:4, 2 Kings 15:35, 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Chronicles 32:12, 2 Chronicles 34:3

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