2 Chronicles 20:33

The high places, however, were not taken away, and the hearts of the people were still not true to the God of their fathers.

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In The King James Version

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

In Context

32He went in the ways of his father Asa, not turning away, but doing right in the eyes of the Lord.

34Now as for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, they are recorded in the words of Jehu, the son of Hanani, which were put in the book of the kings of Israel.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:4But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.

2 Chronicles 12:14And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 15:17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.

2 Chronicles 19:3But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.

2 Chronicles 33:17However, the people still made offerings in the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 20:32-37

Jehoshaphat's Navy Wrecked. ( b. c. 892.) 31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord . 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest… Read the whole commentary →

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