2 Chronicles 33:15

15 Manasseh got rid of the foreign gods and the idol in the LORD's temple. He got rid of the altars he had built in the temple on the LORD's mountain and in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 33:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 33:15

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the
house of the Lord
Which he had set there, ( 2 Chronicles 33:7 )

and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the
Lord, and in Jerusalem;
see ( 2 Chronicles 33:4 2 Chronicles 33:5 ) ,

and cast them out of the city;
perhaps into the brook Kidron; all this he did to show the sincerity of his repentance for his idolatry, and his abhorrence of it.

2 Chronicles 33:15 In-Context

13 He prayed to the LORD, and the LORD accepted his prayer and listened to his request. The LORD brought him back to his kingdom in Jerusalem. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

14 After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon Spring in the valley to the entrance of Fish Gate. He made the wall go around the Ophel, and he built it very high. He put army commanders in every fortified city in Judah.

15 Manasseh got rid of the foreign gods and the idol in the LORD's temple. He got rid of the altars he had built in the temple on the LORD's mountain and in Jerusalem.

16 He built the LORD's altar and sacrificed fellowship offerings and thank offerings on it. And he told Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

17 The people continued to sacrifice at the illegal places of worship, but they sacrificed only to the LORD their God.