4 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
4 But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
4 the local sex-and-religion shrines continued to stay in business with people frequenting them.
4 However the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
4 Amaziah did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 14:4
Commentary on 2 Kings 14:1-7
(Read 2 Kings 14:1-7)
Amaziah began well, but did not go on so. It is not enough to do that which our pious predecessors did, merely to keep up the common usage, but we must do it as they did, from the same principle of faith and devotion, and with the same sincerity and resolution.