2 Chronicles 15:17 - Exposition

The high places were not taken away out of Israel . It is possible, but scarcely tenable, that, by Israel, the northern kingdom may be here intended. But for the apparent discrepancy with those places which say that Asa did take away "the high places" ( 2 Chronicles 14:3 , 2 Chronicles 14:5 ), see notes under them, and §7. 1, pp. 16; 17; of ' Introduction to 1 Chronicles.' "The high places" were hills on which sacrifices were illegitimately offered instead of at the chosen place—at Jerusalem. The heart of Asa was perfect all his days . The words, "with Jehovah," following after the word "perfect" in the parallel ( 1 Kings 15:17 ), makes the already plain plainer. The exact meaning is that Asa was consistently free from idolatry to the end.