What Do You Do With 185,000 Assyrians Breathing Down Your Neck?  Like Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah removed the high places. High places were places where the pagans worshipped their false gods.  This is also where people tried to worship the true God contrary to the law of Moses.  We must remember that Jesus had not come yet and people were still under the law. Sadly, under Jehoshaphat, the people built their high places again and they were not removed until Hezekiah. Human nature is often that way. No matter how bad a habit may be, we are often blind to its ill effects until we are given some good Holy Ghost guidance.  Even at that, some people will rebel against God, but we rejoice nonetheless for those who will obey the Lord.