Holier Than Thou - Biblical Contradictions

Did Jehoshaphat remove the pagan high places from Judah during his reign?

2 Chronicles 17:5-6, "The LORD established the kingdom under his control; and all Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and honor. His heart was devoted to the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah."

2 Chronicles 20:32-33, "He walked in the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed, and the people still had not set their hearts on the God of their fathers."

1 Kings 22:43, "In everything he walked in the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there."

According to 2 Chronicles chapter 17, Jehoshaphat removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah, however, according to 2 Chronicles chapter 20 and 1 Kings chapter 22, he did not remove the high places.

"Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4, KJV)

"Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 8:15, KJV)