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2 Chronicles 33:17

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What does 2 Chronicles 33:17 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only unto Jehovah their God.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only unto Jehovah their God.
2 Chronicles 33:17 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 33

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
14Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
15And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
16And he built up the altar of Jehovah, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel.
17Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only unto Jehovah their God.
18Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.
19His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
20So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still in the high places, etc.] Not in those that were built for idols, at least did not sacrifice to them; for it follows: yet unto the Lord their God only; the Targum is, “to the name of the Word of the Lord their God.””
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Compare 2 Kings 21:2, note; 2 Kings 18:4, note. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“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. 2 Chronicles 33:18”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“people: Ch2 15:17, Ch2 32:12; Kg1 22:43; Kg2 15:4 2 Chronicles 33:18”
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