II Chronicles 33:17
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Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
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Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.