Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only to Yahweh their God.
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Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only to Yahweh their God.
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Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
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Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, but only unto the LORD their God.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 33:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 32:12 Hasn’t the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You shall worship before one altar, and you shall burn incense on it?’
- 1 Kings 22:43 He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
- 2 Kings 15:4 However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
- 2 Chronicles 15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Thus by ignorance they were deceived, thinking it nothing…
Thus by ignorance they were deceived, thinking it nothing to keep the altars, so that they worshipped God: but it is idolatry to worship God any otherwise than he hath appointed.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in…
2Ch 33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, [yet] unto the LORD their God only.
Ver. 17. Nevertheless the people did sacrifice.] Do Manasseh what he could to the contrary. Plus valet malum inolitum, quam bonum insolitum. It is hard to break people off their sinful and superstitious customs.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh,.... Good…
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh,.... Good and bad, what were done by him both before and after his conversion:
and his prayer unto his God; which it seems was taken and recorded, but now lost; for as for that which is among the apocryphal writings, there is no reason to believe it to be his, though it is thought to be so by many (o):
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and the words of the seers; or the prophets, as the Targum; and the prophets in his days, according to the Jewish chronology (p), were Joel, Nahum, and Habakkuk:
that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel; words of admonition and reproof before his humiliation, and words of comfort, advice, and instruction, after it; the Targum is,"that spake to him in the name of the Word of the Lord God of Israel:"
behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel; not in the canonical book so called, where none of the above things, namely, his prayer, and the speeches of the prophets, are to be found, at least not all; but in the annals of the kings of Israel, now lost.
(o) Vid. Fabritii Bibliothec. Graec. l. 3. c. 31. p. 738, 739. (p) Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Still - Manasseh could not carry the reformation so…
Still - Manasseh could not carry the reformation so far as he had carried the corruption. It is an easy thing to debauch men's manners; but not so easy to reform them again.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. The people did sacrifice] "Nevertheless the people…
Verse 17. The 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.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 33:17. Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still, &c.…
2Ch 33:17. Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still, &c. — “Rabbi Kimchi observes very well here, that though Manasseh’s repentance might be sincere, yet it was attended with a melancholy circumstance, which ought to sound in the ear of every one invested with power, His example and authority easily seduced his people to idolatry; but his royal mandate was unable to reclaim them.” — Dodd. He could not carry the reformation so far as he had carried the corruption. It is an easy thing to debauch men’s manners; but not so easy to reform them again.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Compare 2Ki 21:2, note; 2Ki 18:4, note.
Compare 2Ki 21:2, note; 2Ki 18:4, note.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain God. Heb. adds, "only," and not to idols. H.…
God. Heb. adds, "only," and not to idols. H. --- This worship was not superstitious, but it was illegal; and it is a misfortune, that Manasses had not as much influence to guide the people in virtue, as he had formerly, to induce them to follow his example in idolatry. C. --- He could not prevail upon them to destroy the high places. M.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the people did sacrifice still in the high places,…
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.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. yet … only] R.V. but only.… Cp. 2Ch_32:12,…
17. yet … only] R.V. but only.… Cp. 2Ch_32:12, note.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Compare Hezekiah"s good work (2Ch_31:1) with his son"s bad…
Compare Hezekiah"s good work (2Ch_31:1) with his son"s bad work; (2Ch_33:3) the latter could undo his father"s good, but now could not undo his own evil! The illegitimate worshippings and offerings of high places, though they had been "winked at" from time to time by some of even the better of the kings, were of course essentially counter to the one national worship in the one temple, and to the offerings and sacrifices of the one national altar.
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