2 Chronicles 33:17

2 Chronicles 33:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only.
• New International Version (NIV)The people, however, continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

Context of 2 Chronicles 33:17

15He also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, as well as all the altars which he had built on the mountain of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem; and he threw them outside the city. 16Then he set up the altar of the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it; and he ordered Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. Yet the people still sacrificed on the high places, but only to the Lord their God. 18Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are among the records of the kings of Israel. 19His prayer also and how God heard him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and set up the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai.

2 Chronicles 33:17 word by word

אֲבָל֙ ע֣וֹד הָעָ֔ם זֹבְחִ֖ים בַּבָּמ֑וֹת רַ֖ק לַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neverthelessאֲבָל'ăbâl · trulyH61
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• did sacrificeזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• still in the high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 33:17

• 2 Chronicles 15:17But the high places [of pagan worship] were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.
• 2 Chronicles 32:12Has the same Hezekiah not taken away his [Baal’s] high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, “You shall worship before [only] one altar and burn incense on it”?
• 1 Kings 22:43He walked in all the ways of Asa his father, without turning from them, doing right in the sight of the Lord. However, the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
• 2 Kings 15:4Only [the altars on] the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places [instead of worshiping God at the temple].

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 33:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The people did sacrifice - "Nevertheless the people did sacrifice on the high places, but only to the name of the Word of the Lord their God." - Targum.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Compare 2 Kings 21:2, note; 2 Kings 18:4, note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-17Manasseh might have been fixing the walls when he was captured. His religious reforms were like Hezekiah's but not finished. Later, Josiah removed the temple altars that Manasseh had built (2 Kings 23:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only--Here it appears that the worship on high places, though it originated in a great measure from the practice of heathenism, and too often led to it, did not necessarily imply idolatry. 2Ch 33:20-25. He Dies and Amon Succeeds Him.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 33:17

• Church and State
• High Places
• Influence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Manasseh
• Revivals

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• High Place
• Manasseh (3)
• Manasses, the Prayer of
• Names, Proper
• Sacrifice

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings