2Ch 20:33 | JFB | STEP | 33. the high places were not taken away-- Those on which idolatry was practised were entirely destroyed ( ); but those where the people, notwithstanding the erection of the temple, continued to worship the true God, prudence required to be slowly and gradually abolished, in deference to popular prejudice.

‏ 2 Chronicles 20:33

33. the high places were not taken away--Those on which idolatry was practised were entirely destroyed (2Ch 17:6); but those where the people, notwithstanding the erection of the temple, continued to worship the true God, prudence required to be slowly and gradually abolished, in deference to popular prejudice.