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Summary of Jehoshaphat’s Reign

2 Chronicles 20:33

In 11 translations

BSB
The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.
KJV
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
WEB
However the high places were not taken away, and the people had still not set their hearts on the God of their fathers.
ASV
Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
LSV
Only, the high places have not been removed, and still the people have not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers.
YLT
Only, the high places have not turned aside, and still the people have not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers.
DBY
Only, the high places were not removed; and as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.Elohim
DRC
But yet he took not away the high places, and the people had not yet turned their heart to the Lord the God of their fathers.
GNV
Howbeit the hie places were not taken away: for the people had not yet prepared their hearts vnto the God of their fathers.
JPS
Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
LXXE
Nevertheless the high places yet remained; and as yet the people did not direct their heart to the Lord God of their fathers.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַ֥ךְ הַבָּמ֖וֹת לֹא־סָ֑רוּ וְע֤וֹד הָעָם֙ לֹא־הֵכִ֣ינוּ לְבָבָ֔ם לֵאלֹהֵ֖י אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἔτι ὑπῆρχε, καὶ ἔτι ὁ λαὸς οὐ κατεύθυνε τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Chronicles 17:6And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
  • 2 Chronicles 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
  • 2 Chronicles 12:14And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
  • 2 Chronicles 30:19who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
  • 2 Chronicles 14:3He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.
  • 1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him…
  • Deuteronomy 29:4Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

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