2 Chronicles 20:33 (LSB)

Passage

The high places, however, were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts to the God of their fathers.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:31 Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

2 Chronicles 20:32 And he walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it, doing what is right in the sight of Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 20:33 The high places, however, were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts to the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first to last, behold, they are written in the chronicles of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:35 Afterwards, Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "high", "places", "however", "taken", "away", "people", "hearts", and "fathers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "high" and "places", 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 "Now the rest of the acts of...", so "high" and "places" 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 "high" and "places" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.