1 Kings 15:3,14
1 Kings 15:1-6 The Message (MSG)
In the eighteenth year of the rule of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah took over the throne of Judah. He ruled in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Absalom. He continued to sin just like his father before him. He was not truehearted to GOD as his great-grandfather David had been. But despite that, out of respect for David, his GOD graciously gave him a lamp, a son to follow him and keep Jerusalem secure. For David had lived an exemplary life before GOD all his days, not going off on his own in willful defiance of GOD’s clear directions (except for that time with Uriah the Hittite). But war continued between Abijah and Jeroboam the whole time.
1 Kings 15:11-15 The Message (MSG)
Asa conducted himself well before GOD, reviving the ways of his ancestor David. He cleaned house: He got rid of the sacred prostitutes and threw out all the idols his predecessors had made. Asa spared nothing and no one; he went so far as to remove Queen Maacah from her position because she had built a shockingly obscene memorial to the whore goddess Asherah. Asa tore it down and burned it up in the Kidron Valley. Unfortunately, he didn’t get rid of the local sex-and-religion shrines. But he was well-intentioned—his heart was in the right place, in tune with GOD. All the gold and silver vessels and artifacts that he and his father had consecrated for holy use he installed in The Temple.
1 Kings 15:3 King James Version (KJV)
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
1 Kings 15:14 King James Version (KJV)
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
1 Kings 15:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his father David.
1 Kings 15:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the LORD all his days.
1 Kings 15:3 New Century Version (NCV)
He did all the same sins his father before him had done. Abijam was not faithful to the LORD his God as David, his great-grandfather, had been.
1 Kings 15:14 New Century Version (NCV)
The places of worship to gods were not removed. Even so, Asa was faithful to the LORD all his life.
1 Kings 15:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
1 Kings 15:14 American Standard Version (ASV)
But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
1 Kings 15:3 New International Version (NIV)
He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.
1 Kings 15:14 New International Version (NIV)
Although he did not remove the high places, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.
1 Kings 15:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David.
I Kings 15:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was loyal to the LORD all his days.
1 Kings 15:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
He walked in all the sins [of idol worship] that his father [Rehoboam] committed before him; and his heart was not entirely devoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his father (forefather) David.
1 Kings 15:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But the high places [of idol worship] were not removed. Nevertheless, Asa’s heart was entirely devoted to the LORD all his days.
1 Kings 15:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
He committed the same sins as his father before him, and he was not faithful to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.
1 Kings 15:14 New Living Translation (NLT)
Although the pagan shrines were not removed, Asa’s heart remained completely faithful to the LORD throughout his life.