2 Chronicles 33:17

17 However, the people still sacrificed at the pagan shrines, though 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 Manasseh also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the LORD ’s Temple. He tore down all the altars he had built on the hill where the Temple stood and all the altars that were in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.

16 Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thanksgiving offerings on it. He also encouraged the people of Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.

17 However, the people still sacrificed at the pagan shrines, though only to the LORD their God.

18 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, his prayer to God, and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are recorded in

19 Manasseh’s prayer, the account of the way God answered him, and an account of all his sins and unfaithfulness are recorded in It includes a list of the locations where he built pagan shrines and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself and repented.