But the high places weren’t removed. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord’ s temple.

只是邱坛还没有废去，百姓仍在那里献祭烧香。约坦建立耶和华殿的上门。

只是丘坛还没有废去，百姓仍在丘坛献祭烧香。约坦建了耶和华殿的上门。

只是丘坛还没有废去，百姓仍在丘坛献祭烧香。约坦建了耶和华殿的上门。

但没有拆毁丘坛，人们仍在那里献祭烧香。他执政期间，曾建造耶和华殿的上门。

只是他没有把邱坛废去，国民仍在邱坛献祭焚香。他就是那建造耶和华殿的上门的。

只是邱壇還沒有廢去，百姓仍在那裏獻祭燒香。約坦建立耶和華殿的上門。

只是丘壇還沒有廢去，百姓仍在丘壇獻祭燒香。約坦建了耶和華殿的上門。

只是丘壇還沒有廢去，百姓仍在丘壇獻祭燒香。約坦建了耶和華殿的上門。

但沒有拆毀邱壇，人們仍在那裡獻祭燒香。他執政期間，曾建造耶和華殿的上門。

只是他沒有把邱壇廢去，國民仍在邱壇獻祭焚香。他就是那建造耶和華殿的上門的。

但邱壇還沒有廢去；人民仍在邱壇上宰牲燻祭。永恆主之殿的上門是約坦建立的。

惟崇邱未廢、民仍獻祭焚香於其上、約坦建耶和華室之上門、

惟崇坵猶不廢、民仍獻祭焚香於其上、約擔建耶和華殿之崇門。

惟邱壇尚未廢、民仍於邱壇獻祭焚香、約坦建主殿之崇門、崇門或作上門

The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the Lord.

Nevertheless, the high places were not removed. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.

But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there. He rebuilt the upper gate of the Temple of the Lord.

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. Jotham built the Upper Gate of the LORD’s temple.

Only the high places were not eliminated; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.

However the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of the Lord.

Howbeit 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 Jehovah.

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple.

Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the LORD’s temple.

However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of Yahweh’s house.

Jehoiada took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land. He brought the new king down from the Lord’ s temple. They went into the palace through the Upper Gate. Then they seated the king on the royal throne.

But the high places weren’t removed. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord’ s temple. He did a lot of work on the wall at the hill of Ophel.He built towns in the hill country of Judah. He also built forts and towers in areas that had a lot of trees in them.Jotham went to war against the king of Ammon. He won the battle over the Ammonites. That year they paid Jotham almost four tons of silver. They paid him 1,800 tons of wheat and 1,500 tons of barley. They also brought him the same amount in the second and third years.Jotham became powerful. That’s because he had worshiped the Lord his God with all his heart.The other events of Jotham’s rule are written down. That includes all his wars and the other things he did. All these things are written in the records of the kings of Israel and Judah.Jotham was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 16 years.Jotham joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in the City of David. Jotham’s son Ahaz became the next king after him.

Hezekiah removed the high places. He smashed the sacred stones. He cut down the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made. Up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. They called it Nehushtan.

Didn’t Hezekiah himself remove your god’s high places and altars? Didn’t Hezekiah say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem,“ You must worship at one altar. You must burn sacrifices on it”?

But the high places weren’t removed. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.