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First up today, here's a voicemail from one of our listeners. This is Shane in Missouri.

I had a question on Second Chronicles, 17, 6, and 2033, and in 1st, King, 22, 43, on the places, Gilhazaphat, the

king, if you can tell me, I'm getting where it says he took it away, the high places, and then it says

the high places were not removed. So I'm a little bit lost on that right there, on the

scriptures. If you can help me out on that, it'd be a lot of help. Thank you.

Hey, Shane, thank you for giving us a call. Let me just set the context for our listeners,

because you mentioned a few

passages of scripture there, the first one being Second Chronicles chapter 17, verse 6. Speaking of

King Jehoshaphat, his heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord. And furthermore, he took

the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

Okay, so you have, that seems like a pretty good king.

And then if you go to, you mentioned chapter 20, verse 33.

This is coming now close to the end of his reign.

We read, the high places, however, were not taken away. The people had not yet set their hearts upon the God of their fathers. Now, the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from the first to the last are written in the chronicles of Jehu, the son of Hanani, which are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel. And you mentioned, in particular,

first kings,

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