In
everything he walked in the ways of his father Asa and did not stray
from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high
places, however, were not removed, and the people continued to offer
sacrifices and burn incense there.
//There are many contradictions in the Bible—I can quote several—and
here's another apparent one. Doesn't the parallel verse in Chronicles
say just the opposite?
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Chronicles 17:6, His heart was devoted to the ways of the LORD;
furthermore, he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from
Judah.
I've
seen this topic quoted multiple times as a biblical contradiction. But,
in fact, it is not. Anyone who quotes these verses to discredit the
Bible is doing some sloppy homework. Three chapters later in Chronicles
comes the true parallel passage, including this verse:
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Chronicles 20:33 The high places, however, were not removed, and the
people still had not set their hearts on the God of their fathers.
It
appears Jehoshaphat started out on the straight and narrow, but the
idolatry of the people crept back over the course of his 25-year reign.
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