2 Kings 15:35
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But the high places he took not away: the people still sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places: he built the highest gate of the house of the Lord.

Howbeit

2 Kings 15:4 But the high places he did not destroy, for the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Kings 18:4 He destroyed the high places, and broke the statues in pieces, and cut down the groves, and broke the brazen serpent, which Moses had made: for till that time the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called its name Nohestan.

2 Chronicles 32:12 Is it not this same Ezechias, that hath destroyed his high places, and his altars, and commanded Juda and Jerusalem, saying: You shall worship before one altar, and upon it you shall burn incense?

the higher gate

2 Chronicles 27:3 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

Context
Jotham Reigns in Judah
34And he did that which was right before the Lord: according to all that his father Ozias had done, so did he. 35But the high places he took not away: the people still sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places: he built the highest gate of the house of the Lord.36But the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?…
Cross References
2 Kings 12:3
But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Kings 15:36
But the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?

2 Chronicles 23:20
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the most valiant men, and the chiefs of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and brought him through the upper gate into the king's house, and set him on the royal throne.

2 Chronicles 27:3
He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

Lexicon
Nevertheless,
רַ֤ק (raq)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless

the high places
הַבָּמוֹת֙ (hab·bā·mō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1116: An elevation

were not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

taken away;
סָ֔רוּ (sā·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

the people
הָעָ֛ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

continued
ע֗וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

sacrificing
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים (mə·zab·bə·ḥîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice

and burning incense
וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים (ū·mə·qaṭ·ṭə·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6999: To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire

[there].
בַּבָּמ֑וֹת (bab·bā·mō·wṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1116: An elevation

Jotham
ה֗וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

rebuilt
בָּנָ֛ה (bā·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

the Upper
הָעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ (hā·‘el·yō·wn)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme

Gate
שַׁ֥עַר (ša·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate

of the house
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of the LORD.
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.However, the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

Nevertheless he took not away the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the Lord's house.

Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.

Yet, the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.

Only, the high places have not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places; he hath built the high gate of the house of Jehovah.
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