2 Chronicles 20:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֥ךְ הַבָּמ֖וֹת לֹא־סָ֑רוּ וְע֤וֹד הָעָם֙ לֹא־הֵכִ֣ינוּ לְבָבָ֔ם לֵאלֹהֵ֖י אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

Surely habbāmôt not-sārû and-yet hāʿām not-hēkînû lebābām to-ʾĕlōhê ʾăbōtêhem.

Grammar Details

*habbāmôt*: feminine plural noun with definite article - the high places
*sārû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they were removed
*hāʿām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the people
*hēkînû*: hiphil perfect 3rd common plural - they prepared/established
*lebābām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their heart
*ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct - God of
*ʾăbōtêhem*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers

Word Meanings

*habbāmôt*: high places/shrines/elevated worship sites
*sārû*: were removed/turned aside/taken away
*hēkînû*: prepared/established/directed
*lebābām*: their heart/mind/inner person

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 17:6 : 6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.
2 Chr 12:14 : 14 And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.
2 Chr 14:3 : 3 for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
Deut 29:4 : 4 but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
1 Sam 7:3 : 3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Chr 30:19 : 19 that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Kgs 12:3
81%
3Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
1 Kgs 22:43
80%
43And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; He turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Kgs 14:3-4
2 verses
79%
3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
4Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Chr 15:17
79%
17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
2 Kgs 15:4
78%
4Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Chr 19:3-4
2 verses
77%
3Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.
4And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
1 Kgs 15:14
77%
14But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
2 Chr 17:6
77%
6And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
2 Kgs 15:35
77%
35Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 20:32
76%
32And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.
2 Chr 33:17
76%
17Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only unto Jehovah their God.
2 Chr 17:2-4
3 verses
75%
2And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
3And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,
4but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
2 Chr 30:19
73%
19that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
2 Chr 34:32-33
2 verses
72%
32And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
33And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
1 Kgs 11:33
72%
33because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and mine ordinances, as did David his father.
2 Kgs 17:40
72%
40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
2 Chr 20:34
71%
34Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.
1 Kgs 3:2
71%
2Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.
2 Chr 30:7
71%
7And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against Jehovah, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
1 Kgs 15:3
70%
3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
2 Kgs 10:31
70%
31But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 Kgs 8:61
70%
61Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
2 Chr 28:25
70%
25And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of his fathers.
Jer 17:2
70%
2whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.
2 Chr 29:6
70%
6For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and turned their backs.
2 Kgs 17:29
70%
29Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
Ps 78:8
70%
8And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Judg 2:17
70%
17And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; [but] they did not so.
1 Chr 29:18
70%
18O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee;
2 Chr 34:3
70%
3For 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 the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.
2 Kgs 23:19
70%
19And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [Jehovah] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.
2 Chr 14:3
70%
3for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
2 Chr 19:9
69%
9And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
Jer 44:10
69%
10They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
2 Kgs 17:14
69%
14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.
1 Kgs 22:45
69%
45Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Chr 11:16
69%
16And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
1 Chr 22:19
69%
19Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.
2 Kgs 23:26
69%
26Notwithstanding, Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations wherewith Manasseh had provoked him.
2 Chr 24:18
69%
18And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
Ezek 20:24
69%
24because they had not executed mine ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
2 Chr 17:10
69%
10And the fear of Jehovah fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
2 Chr 21:11-12
2 verses
69%
11Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, and led Judah astray.
12And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
2 Kgs 17:11
69%
11and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Jehovah carried away before them; and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;