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3 Kings 15:14

But the high places he did not take away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days:

Challoner: The high placesThere were excelsa or high places of two different kinds. Some were set up, and dedicated to the worship of idols, or strange gods; and these Asa removed, 2 Par. 14. 2; others were only altars of the true God, but were erected contrary to the law, which allowed of no sacrifices but in the temple; and these were not removed by Asa.-- Ibid.

Challoner: Perfect with the LordAsa had his faults; but never forsook the worship of the Lord.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): excelsa autem non abstulit. Verumtamen cor Asa perfectum erat cum Domino cunctis diebus suis :
Septuagint (Swete): τὰ δὲ ὑψηλὰ οὐκ ἐξῆρεν· πλὴν ἡ καρδία Ἀσὰ ἦν τελεία μετὰ Κυρίου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας αὐτοῦ.
Hebrew (WLC): וְהַבָּמ֖וֹת לֹא סָ֑רוּ רַ֣ק לְבַב אָסָ֗א הָיָ֥ה שָׁלֵ֛ם עִם יְהוָ֖ה כָּל יָמָֽיו

Haydock's commentary

The high places. There were excelsa, or high places, of two different kinds. Some were set up and dedicated to the worship of idols, or strange gods: and these Asa removed, 2 Paralipomenon xiv. 2. Others were only altars of the true God, but were erected contrary to the law, which allowed of no sacrifices but in the temple; and these were not removed by Asa. (Challoner)

They had been built before the temple, and tolerated by the prophets; (Calmet) and, though they were now improper for sacrifices, (Haydock) Asa thought it would be imprudent to molest them, (Calmet) as perhaps he could not take them away. (Du Hamel)

He left also the ruins of (Haydock) the temples built by Solomon, (Worthington) on Mount Olivet, (4 Kings xxiii.; Menochius) as no longer dangerous. (Salien)

Lord. Asa had his faults; but never forsook the worship of the Lord. (Challoner)

In the same sense, David is so often praised as a just prince. Asa threw a prophet into prison, and placed his trust as much in physicians, &c., 2 Paralipomenon xvi. 10, 12. But he did penance, and deserves to be ranked (Calmet) among the few just kings of Juda. (Haydock)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.