"Did Asa remove the high places?" (Alleged Contradiction #E8369)
For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: and commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
II Chronicles 14:3-5
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
I Kings 15:14
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
II Chronicles 15:17
Response
Asa removed the high places from Judah, not all Israel. 1 Some of the other tribes of Israel began following after Asa (see II Chronicles 15:9-10), 2 but apparently Asa did not remove the high places from these regions.
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Sources
Ruckman, P. S. (1980). Problem Texts. Pensacola, Fla.: Pensacola Bible Institute.