He took great pride in the ways of the Lord, and again removed the high places and the Asherim from Judah.

他高兴遵行耶和华的道，并且从犹大除掉一切邱坛和木偶。

他乐意遵行耶和华的道，并且从犹大再次除掉一切丘坛和亚舍拉。

他乐意遵行耶和华的道，并且从犹大再次除掉一切丘坛和亚舍拉。

他专心遵行耶和华的道，铲除犹大境内的丘坛和亚舍拉神像。

他勇敢地遵行耶和华的道路，并且从犹大地中除掉邱坛和亚舍拉。

他高興遵行耶和華的道，並且從猶大除掉一切邱壇和木偶。

他樂意遵行耶和華的道，並且從猶大再次除掉一切丘壇和亞舍拉。

他樂意遵行耶和華的道，並且從猶大再次除掉一切丘壇和亞舍拉。

他專心遵行耶和華的道，剷除猶大境內的邱壇和亞舍拉神像。

他勇敢地遵行耶和華的道路，並且從猶大地中除掉邱壇和亞舍拉。

在永恆主的道路上他的心志很振奮；他還從猶大地除掉了邱壇和亞舍拉神木。

奮志行耶和華之道、且除猶大之崇邱與木偶、

約沙法勇行耶和華道、廢猶大地之崇坵、偶像。

奮勇行主之道、自猶大廢諸邱壇與諸亞舍拉、

His heart was devoted to the ways of the Lord; furthermore, he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.

His heart was committed to living the way the Lord wanted him to. He removed the high places from Judah. He also removed the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah.

His heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord. And furthermore, he took the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

He was deeply committed to the ways of the Lord. He removed the pagan shrines and Asherah poles from Judah.

He took great pride in the LORD’s ways, and he again removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

And his heart took delight in the ways of the Lord; moreover he removed the high places and wooden images from Judah.

And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

His mind rejoiced in the Lord’s ways, and he again removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

He was committed to following the LORD; he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah.

But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.

The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

He walked entirely in the way of his father Asa; he did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”

For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images, and the cast metal images.They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and he chopped down the incense altars that were high above them; also he broke in pieces the Asherim, the carved images, and the cast metal images, and ground them to powder, and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars and purged Judah and Jerusalem.In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding spaces,he also tore down the altars and crushed the Asherim and the carved images into powder, and chopped down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

and said,“ You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?

And they will sing of the ways of the Lord, For great is the glory of the Lord.

Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, broke the memorial stones in pieces, cut down the Asherim and pulled down the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.

For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty And lift up your face to God.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not acted wickedly against my God.For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, And the righteous will walk in them, But wrongdoers will stumble in them.

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the Law of the Lord.

for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the memorial stones, cut down the Asherim,

“ Since you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, in gratitude for the abundance of all things,