2-chronicles 17:6
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.
Webster's Revision
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
World English Bible
His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
Barnes's 2-chronicles 17:6 Bible Commentary
His heart was lifted up - This expression generally occurs in a bad sense Deuteronomy 8:14; 2 Chronicles 26:16; Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 18:12; but here it must be taken differently. The margin "was encouraged" expresses fairly the true meaning. He first began by setting an example of faithfulness to Yahweh. He then proceeded to use his best endeavors to extirpate idolatry.
He took away the high places - Compare 2 Chronicles 20:33, and see the 2 Chronicles 15:17 note.
Wesley's 2-chronicles 17:6 Bible Commentary
17:6 Lifted up - Above all discouragements, and fears. He was valiant and resolute for God and his ways. Groves - Those wherein idols were worshipped, and though Asa had done this before, yet either he did not do it thoroughly; or the Jews (who were many of them mad upon their idols) had secretly made new ones, in the latter part of his reign, when he grew more infirm in body, and more remiss in God's cause.
