2 Chronicles 20:33

2 Chronicles 20:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
• New International Version (NIV)The high places, however, were not removed, and the people still had not set their hearts on the God of their ancestors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The high places, however, were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts upon the God of their fathers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

Context of 2 Chronicles 20:33

31Now Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32He walked in the way of his father Asa and did not deviate from it, doing right in the sight of the Lord. The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet directed their hearts to the God of their fathers. 34Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first to last, behold, they are written in the annals of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel. 35After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.

2 Chronicles 20:33 word by word

אַ֥ךְ הַבָּמ֖וֹת לֹא־סָ֑רוּ וְע֤וֹד הָעָם֙ לֹא־הֵכִ֣ינוּ לְבָבָ֔ם לֵאלֹהֵ֖י אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• The highבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• howeverאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• were not removedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• had not yetעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• directedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• their heartsלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• to the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 20:33

• 2 Chronicles 14:3for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the memorial stones, cut down the Asherim,
• 2 Chronicles 17:6He took great pride in the ways of the Lord, and again removed the high places and the Asherim from Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 12:14But he did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 19:3But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”
• 2 Chronicles 30:19everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
• Deuteronomy 29:4Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.
• 1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him alone; and He will save you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33The high places were not taken away - The idolatry, as we have seen, was universally suppressed; but some of the places where that worship had been performed were not destroyed. Some of them still remained; and these, to such a fickle people, became the means of idolatry in reigns less propitious to truth and religion.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33The latter clause of this verse helps to reconcile the first clause with the statement that Jehoshaphat “took away the high places” (see 2 Chronicles 15:17 note).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-37Verses 31-37 Jehoshaphat kept close to the worship of God, and did what he could to keep his people close to it. But after God had done such great things for him, given him not only victory, but wealth; after this, to go and join himself with a wicked king, was very ungrateful. What could he expect but that God would be angry with him? Yet it seems, he took the warning; for when Ahaziah afterward pressed him to join him, he would not, 1Ki 22:49. Thus the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-33The comparison of Jehoshaphat with Asa comes directly from 1 Kings 22:43 without any changes.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. the high places were not taken away--Those on which idolatry was practised were entirely destroyed (2Ch 17:6); but those where the people, notwithstanding the erection of the temple, continued to worship the true God, prudence required to be slowly and gradually abolished, in deference to popular prejudice.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Jehoshaphat
• Sanctuary
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Ben-Ammi
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• Dead Sea, the
• High Place

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings