33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
33 The high places, however, were not removed, and the people still had not set their hearts on the God of their ancestors.
33 The high places, however, were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts upon the God of their fathers.
33 But he failed to get rid of the neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines - people continued to pray and worship at these idolatrous god shops.
33 Nevertheless the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.
33 During his reign, however, he failed to remove all the pagan shrines, and the people never fully committed themselves to follow the God of their ancestors.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:33
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:31-37
(Read 2 Chronicles 20:31-37)
Jehoshaphat kept close to the worship of God, and did what he could to keep his people close to it. But after God had done such great things for him, given him not only victory, but wealth; after this, to go and join himself with a wicked king, was very ungrateful. What could he expect but that God would be angry with him? Yet it seems, he took the warning; for when Ahaziah afterward pressed him to join him, he would not, 1 Kings 22:49. Thus the alliance was broken, and the Divine rebuke had its effect, at least for a season. Let us be thankful for any losses which may have prevented the loss of our immortal souls. Let us praise the Lord, who sought after us, and left us not to perish in our sins.