2 Kings 15:35However 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 Yahweh.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~740 BC. King Jotham builds temple gates while pagan shrines operate on hilltops throughout Judah. Modern-day Jerusalem, Israel.
The emotion here: frustrated disappointment at incomplete reformation
The original word
bāmôt (בָּמוֹת) — high places, elevated pagan worship sites that should have been destroyed
Why it matters
High places were Canaanite worship sites often built on hills with stone altars and wooden poles
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Kings 15:35
Jotham built God's house while allowing rival worship sites - classic partial obedience
Common misconceptionPeople think this shows Jotham was a failure, but he was actually one of Judah's better kings - it shows how deeply rooted spiritual compromise can be.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 2 Kings 15:35
Bible Genome reading
2 Kings 15:35 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Kings 15:35 comes from the book of 2 Kings, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include incomplete obedience, compromise. Notable phrases: high places were not taken away.
Emotionally similar
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“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
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“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
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“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
— Acts 26:14
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