2 Chronicles 33:17 BSB

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲבָל֙	'a.Val	but	H61 →
ע֣וֹד	od	still	H5750 →
הָעָ֔ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
זֹבְחִ֖ים	zoe.Chim	[were] sacrificing	H2076 →
בַּבָּמ֑וֹת	ba.ba.Mot	at the high places	H1116 →
רַ֖ק	rak	only	H7535 →
לַיהוָ֥ה	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃	'e.lo.hei.Hem	God their	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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1 Kings 22:43
And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were…
leads to
- 1 Kings 15:14
  The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
- 2 Kings 12:3
  Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
- Proverbs 4:27
  Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
Through
2 Chronicles 15:17
The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
leads to
- 2 Kings 14:4
  Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Kings 22:43
  And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 12:13–14
  Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;
Through
2 Chronicles 32:12
Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 31:1
  When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and…
- 2 Kings 18:4
  He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

2 Chronicles 32:12Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?1 Kings 3:2The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.2 Kings 15:4Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.2 Chronicles 15:17The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.1 Kings 22:43And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.2 Chronicles 34:3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

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