1 Kings 15:14 meaning and explanation
The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
1 Kings 15:14, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator is summarizing King Asa of Judah, who reigned in Jerusalem after his father Abijam. Asa had just removed the queen mother, destroyed an Asherah pole and banished shrine prostitutes, so the verse weighs his reforms honestly: the local high places stayed, yet his heart was shalem, a Hebrew word meaning whole or complete, fully given to the LORD.
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