2 Chronicles 33:17

17 The people, however, still sacrificed at the shrines, but only to the LORD their God.

2 Chronicles 33:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 33:17

Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still in the high
places
Not in those that were built for idols, at least did not sacrifice to them; for it follows:

yet unto the Lord their God only;
the Targum is,

``to the name of the Word of the Lord their God.''

2 Chronicles 33:17 In-Context

15 He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the LORD's temple, as well as all the altars he had built on the hill of the LORD's temple and in Jerusalem, dumping them outside the city.

16 He restored the LORD's altar, offered well-being sacrifices and thank offerings on it, and ordered the people of Judah to worship the LORD, Israel's God.

17 The people, however, still sacrificed at the shrines, but only to the LORD their God.

18 The rest of Manasseh's deeds, including his prayer to God and what the seers told him in the name of the LORD, Israel's God, are found in the records of Israel's kings.

19 Manasseh's prayer and its answer, all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the locations of the shrines, sacred poles, and idols he set up before he submitted are written in the records of Hozai.