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2 Chronicles 33:16–17

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And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only.
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From verse 16

  1. 1 Kings 18:30Rank 1 from verse 16
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    30And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.

  2. 2 Chronicles 14:4Rank 2 from verse 16
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    4And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

  3. 2 Chronicles 29:18Rank 3 from verse 16
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    18Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

  4. 2 Chronicles 30:12Rank 4 from verse 16
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    12Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

  5. 2 Chronicles 33:9Rank 5 from verse 16
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    9So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

From verse 17

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:12Rank 1 from verse 17
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    12Hath 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?

  2. 1 Kings 22:43Rank 2 from verse 17
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    43And 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.

  3. 2 Chronicles 15:17Rank 3 from verse 17
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    17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

  4. 2 Kings 15:4Rank 4 from verse 17
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    4Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

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2 Chronicles 33:16

COMBINED MEANING

repaired

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of repair, meaning to restore or mend; to make amends. Sense 2: To go or resort to a place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sacrificed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of sacrifice, meaning to present, slay, or consume something as such an offering.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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peace

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Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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thank

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To express gratitude for a favor; to make acknowledgments to one for kindness bestowed.

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serve

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To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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2 Chronicles 33:17

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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sacrifice

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Sense 1: An offering presented to God or to a false god, or the thing so offered. Sense 2: To present, slay, or consume something as such an offering.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

still

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Sense 1: Continuing without interruption, or remaining as before. Sense 2: Quiet, silent, or without motion. Sense 3: Even yet or nevertheless. Sense 4: To make quiet or cause to cease.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

places

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1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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33:11¶ Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

33:12And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

33:13And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

33:14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

33:15And 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.

33:16And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.

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33:17Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only.

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