2 Chronicles 15:17 (DRB)

Passage

But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 15:15 All that were in Juda with a curse: for with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they sought him, and they found him, and the Lord gave them rest round about.

2 Chronicles 15:16 Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron.

2 Chronicles 15:17 But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

2 Chronicles 15:18 And the things which his father had vowed, and he himself had vowed, he brought into the house of the Lord, gold and silver, and vessels of divers uses.

2 Chronicles 15:19 And there was no war unto the five and thirtieth year of the kingdom of Asa.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "high", "places", "left", "israel", "nevertheless", "heart", "perfect", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "high" and "places", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa..." into verse 18's "And the things which his father had...", so "high" and "places" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "high" and "places" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.