22:43a And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa;
He/Jehoshaphat acted/lived in the same way that his father Asa had done.
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He/Jehoshaphat followed his father Asa’s ⌊good⌋ example in everything.
22:43b he did not turn away from them,
He never stopped living/behaving in that ⌊good⌋ way.
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He did not turn away from it.
22:43b but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
He did things/deeds that Yahweh considers to be right.
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Yahweh was pleased by the good/right way he/Jehoshaphat lived.
22:43c The high places, however, were not removed;
However, he did not remove the hilltop shrines.
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However, Jehoshaphat did not have the local places of worship destroyed.
22:43d the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
So the people still made sacrifices and burned incense at those shrines.
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The people ⌊of Judah⌋ kept on sacrificing animals and burning sweet-smelling spices ⌊on the altars⌋ in those places.
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