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2 Chronicles 33:17

Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.

KJV

Attamen adhuc populus immolabat in excelsis Domino Deo suo.

Vulgate

πλὴν ὁ λαὸς ἔτι ἐπὶ τῶν ὑψηλῶν· πλὴν Κὺριος ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶν.

LXX

Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only unto Jehovah their God.

ASV

אֲבָל֙ ע֣וֹד הָ/עָ֔ם זֹבְחִ֖ים בַּ/בָּמ֑וֹת רַ֖ק לַ/יהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבָל֙
'bl
adverb · 11×
בָּמ֖וֹת
bmvt
noun · 104×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
mzbchym
verb · 132×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
רַ֣ק
rq
adverb · 109×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 3:2 — Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
  • 1Kgs 22:43 — And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offer
  • 2Chr 15:17 — But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
  • 2Chr 32:12 — Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
  • 2Chr 34:3 — For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and
  • 2Kgs 15:4 — Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.