2 Chronicles 20:33 (DBY)

Passage

Only, the high places were not removed; and as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Azubah, daughter of Shilhi.

2 Chronicles 20:32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 20:33 Only, the high places were not removed; and as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:34 And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:35 And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "only", "high", "places", "removed", "people", "directed", "hearts", and "fathers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "only" and "high", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "And he walked in the way of..." into verse 34's "And the rest of the acts of...", so "only" and "high" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "only" and "high" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.