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

15Manasseh removed from the Lord's temple the foreign gods and the idol that he had put there. He also removed the altars that he had built on the hill of the temple and in other places in Jerusalem. He threw them away, outside the city. 16Then he repaired the Lord's altar in the temple. He brought friendship offerings and thank offerings as sacrifices on the altar. He told Judah's people to worship the Lord, Israel's God. The people still offered sacrifices at the other altars in the country. But they only offered those sacrifices to the Lord their God. 18The other things that happened while Manasseh was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of Israel's kings’. It includes Manasseh's prayer to God. It also includes the messages that the Lord, Israel's God, told his prophets to speak to Manasseh. 19The book of the prophets' messages also includes Manasseh's prayer and how God answered him. It tells about all Manasseh's sins and how he turned away from God. It includes a list of all the places where he built altars and where he put Asherah poles and idols. He did those things before he made himself humble and he turned back to God.

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 15:17Asa did not remove the altars on all the hills in Israel, but he served the Lord faithfully for his whole life.
• 2 Chronicles 32:12Remember that it was Hezekiah who removed the altars and the special places where you worship the Lord your God. He told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship God only at the altar here in Jerusalem. That is the only place that you may offer sacrifices. ”
• 1 Kings 22:43Jehoshaphat lived in the good way that his father Asa had lived. He only did things that the Lord says are right. But he did not remove all the altars that were on the hills. People continued to offer sacrifices on those altars and they continued to burn incense there.
• 2 Kings 15:4But he did not remove the altars on the hills. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on those altars.

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