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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 20:33 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 20:33 |
King James |
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the high places were not taken away--Those on which idolatry was practised were entirely destroyed (Ch2 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. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The latter clause of this verse helps to reconcile the first clause with the statement that Jehoshaphat "took away the high places" (see Ch2 15:17 note). |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
high places
(See Scofield) - (Kg1 3:2). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Not taken - Not universally; the fault was not in Jehoshaphat, but in the people, who, though they did worship the true God, yet would not be confined to the temple, but for their own conveniency, or from their affection to their ancient custom chose to worship him in the high - places. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The 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. |
6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.