The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
We have here a short account of the reign of Asa; we shall find a more copious history of it Ch2 14:1-15, 15, and Ch2 16:1-14. Here is, I. The length of it: He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, Kg1 15:10.
Commenting on 1 Kings 15:9-24
There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father,.... For though Hezion, if he is the same with Rezon, was an adversary to Israel in the days of Solomon, Kg1 11:25, yet it seems his son was not, but was a confederate with the kings of Israel and Judah: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver...
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. (e) Though he permitted them to worship God in other places than he had appointed it came from ignorance, and not from malice.