2 Kings 15:35

35 ¹Nevertheless, the high places were not removed. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. He built ²the upper gate of the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 15:35 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:35

Howbeit the high places were not removed
As they were not by his father, and the same is observed of the best of kings before:

the people sacrificed and burnt incense still in the high places;
from which they could not be brought off by prophets or kings:

he built the higher gate of the house of the Lord;
which was between the temple and the king's palace, which led to it; this he repaired and beautified, or added something to it; or otherwise it was built by Solomon, and therefore called the new gate, ( Jeremiah 26:10 ) ( 36:10 ) it is the same that was afterwards called the gate of Nicanor; the east gate, as say the Jewish writers ^F11.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 7. 1. Gloss. in ib. Maimon. Cele Hamikdash, c. 7. sect. 6.

2 Kings 15:35 In-Context

33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

34 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

35 Nevertheless, the high places were not removed. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.

36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

37 In those days the LORD began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

Cross References

• 1. See 2 Kings 12:3
• 2. 2 Chronicles 23:20; 2 Chronicles 27:3