2Chr 15:17 Cross References
2 Chronicles 15:17
17: Although the pagan shrines were not completely removed from Israel, Asa remained fully committed to the LORD throughout his life.
Deuteronomy 12:13
- Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere.
- You may do so only at the place the LORD will choose within one of your tribal territories. There you must offer your burnt offerings and do everything I command you.
1 Kings 22:43
- Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the example of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight. During his reign, however, he failed to remove all the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
2 Chronicles 14:3
- He removed the pagan altars and the shrines. He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.
- He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his law and his commands.
- Asa also removed the pagan shrines, as well as the incense altars from every one of Judah's towns. So Asa's kingdom enjoyed a period of peace.
2 Kings 12:3
- Yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
1 Kings 11:4
- In Solomon's old age, they turned his heart to worship their gods instead of trusting only in the LORD his God, as his father, David, had done.
2 Kings 14:4
- Amaziah did not destroy the pagan shrines, where the people offered sacrifices and burned incense.
2 Chronicles 16:7
- At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him, "Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the LORD your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of Aram.
- Don't you remember what happened to the Ethiopians and Libyans and their vast army, with all of their chariots and horsemen? At that time you relied on the LORD, and he handed them all over to you.
- The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. What a fool you have been! From now on, you will be at war."
- Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison. At that time, Asa also began to oppress some of his people.
- The rest of the events of Asa's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
1 Kings 3:2
- At that time the people of Israel sacrificed their offerings at local altars, for a temple honoring the name of the LORD had not yet been built.
- Solomon loved the LORD and followed all the instructions of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned incense at the local altars.
- The most important of these altars was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed one thousand burnt offerings.