2 Kings

2 Kings 15:3–4

³And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

⁴Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And he did	וַיַּ֥עַשׂ	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
right	הַיָּשָׁ֖ר	hay·yā·šār	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H3477 straight, right
in the eyes	בְּעֵינֵ֣י	bə·‘ê·nê	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc	H5869 eye
of the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
just as	כְּכֹ֥ל	kə·ḵōl	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H3605 the whole, all
his father	אָבִֽיו׃	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
Amaziah	אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ	’ă·maṣ·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H558 Amatsjah
had done	עָשָׂ֖ה	‘ā·śāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Nevertheless	רַ֥ק	raq	Adverb	H7535 thin
the high places	הַבָּמ֖וֹת	hab·bā·mō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1116 high place
were not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
taken away	סָ֑רוּ	sā·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5493 turn aside
the people	הָעָ֛ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
continued	ע֥וֹד	‘ō·wḏ	Adverb	H5750 a going round, continuance
sacrificing	מְזַבְּחִ֥ים	mə·zab·bə·ḥîm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H2076 slaughter for sacrifice
and burning incense	וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים	ū·mə·qaṭ·ṭə·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.