2 Chronicles 33:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲבָל֙ ע֣וֹד הָעָ֔ם זֹבְחִ֖ים בַּבָּמ֑וֹת רַ֖ק לַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾĂvāl ʿôd hāʿām zōveḥîm babbāmôt raq laYHWH ʾĕlōhêhem

Grammar Details

*ʾĂvāl*: adversative conjunction - but
*ʿôd*: adverb - still
*hāʿām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the people
*zōveḥîm*: Qal participle, masculine plural - sacrificing
*babbāmôt*: preposition + definite article + feminine plural noun - on the high places
*raq*: adverb - only
*laYHWH*: preposition + proper noun, divine name - to Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhêhem*: masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their God

Word Meanings

*ʾĂvāl*: however/nevertheless/but
*babbāmôt*: on the high places/on the cultic platforms
*raq*: only/exclusively/solely

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 32:12 : 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?
1 Kgs 22:43 : 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 offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
2 Kgs 15:4 : 4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
2 Chr 15:17 : 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Kgs 12:3
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3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Kgs 15:4
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4Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
2 Chr 33:15-16
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15And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
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2 Chr 20:33
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33Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
2 Kgs 15:35
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35Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
2 Kgs 14:4
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1 Kgs 3:2-4
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2Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
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32So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
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2 Chr 33:18-19
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2 Kgs 17:29
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2 Chr 11:16
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2 Chr 7:4
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1 Kgs 22:43
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2 Chr 19:3
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2 Kgs 17:35
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