2 Kings 15:4However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
The setting
Judah's countryside, ~792-740 BC. While King Uzziah worships correctly in Jerusalem, people continue illegal sacrifices on hilltop shrines...
The emotion here: disappointment at recording incomplete faithfulness
The original word
bamot (בָּמוֹת) — high places, unauthorized worship sites often mixed with pagan practices
Why it matters
High places were Canaanite worship sites that Israel was supposed to destroy but often converted for their own use
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Kings 15:4
The word 'However' shows this wasn't oversight - it was deliberate tolerance of compromise
Common misconceptionPeople think the high places were harmless traditional worship. They were actually sites where Israelites mixed true worship with pagan fertility rituals and child sacrifice.
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Bible Genome reading
2 Kings 15:4 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Kings 15:4 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 deciding, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include incomplete obedience, compromise, idolatry. Notable phrases: high places were not taken away.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same deciding
“"You shall have no other gods before me.”
— Deuteronomy 5:7
“"You shall not murder.”
— Exodus 20:13
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
— Matthew 23:12
“For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”
— 2 Timothy 1:7
“But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"”
— Acts 3:6
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