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

31So Jehoshaphat ruled over the land of Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. 32Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the ways of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight. During his reign, however, he failed to remove all the pagan shrines, and the people never fully committed themselves to follow the God of their ancestors. 34The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Jehu Son of Hanani, which is included in The Book of the Kings of Israel. 35Some time later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who was very wicked.

2 Chronicles 20:33 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Howbeit the high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• were not taken awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• for as yet the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• had not preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• their heartsלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• unto the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 20:33

• 2 Chronicles 14:3He removed the foreign altars and the pagan shrines. He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.
• 2 Chronicles 17:6He was deeply committed to the ways of the Lord. He removed the pagan shrines and Asherah poles from Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 12:14But he was an evil king, for he did not seek the Lord with all his heart.
• 2 Chronicles 19:3Even so, there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles throughout the land, and you have committed yourself to seeking God.”
• 2 Chronicles 30:19who decide to follow the Lord, the God of their ancestors, even though they are not properly cleansed for the ceremony.”
• Deuteronomy 29:4But to this day the Lord has not given you minds that understand, nor eyes that see, nor ears that hear!
• 1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you want to return to the Lord with all your hearts, get rid of your foreign gods and your images of Ashtoreth. Turn your hearts to the Lord and obey him alone; then he will rescue you from 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

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• 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