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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)However, the people still sacrificed at the pagan shrines, though only to the Lord their God.

Context of 2 Chronicles 33:17

15He got rid of the foreign gods and removed the image from the temple of the Lord, as well as all the altars he had built on the temple hill and in Jerusalem; and he threw them out of the city. 16Then he restored the altar of the Lord and sacrificed fellowship offerings and thank offerings on it, and told Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel. The people, however, continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the Lord their God. 18The other events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are written in the annals of the kings of Israel. 19His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.

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 15:17Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life.
• 2 Chronicles 32:12Did not Hezekiah himself remove this god’s high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar and burn sacrifices on it’?
• 1 Kings 22:43In everything he followed 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.
• 2 Kings 15:4The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

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