And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; [for] the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
Ver. 43. Nevertheless the high places were not taken away,] viz., Those wherein the people served and worshipped the God of Israel. The people were much set upon them; and the king perhaps thought there was no great harm in them; hence they still stood, when there was otherwise a great reformation.