New English Translation
2 Chronicles 33:17
17The people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
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 removed the foreign gods and images from the Lord’s temple and all the altars he had built on the hill of the Lord’s temple and in Jerusalem; he threw them outside the city. 16He erected the altar of the Lord and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. The people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places, but only to the Lord their God. 18The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the prophets spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 19The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the Lord responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 332 Chronicles 33:17 word by word
אֲבָל֙ ע֣וֹד הָעָ֔ם זֹבְחִ֖ים בַּבָּמ֑וֹת רַ֖ק לַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 33:17
- 2 Chronicles 15:17The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.
- 2 Chronicles 32:12Hezekiah is the one who eliminated the Lord’s high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem, “At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices.”
- 1 Kings 22:43He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. (22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
- 2 Kings 15:4But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
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
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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
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