2 Chronicles 33:15

15 He removed the foreign gods and the idol^[a] from the Lord's temple, along with all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the Lord's temple and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city.

2 Chronicles 33:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 33:15

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the
house of the Lord
Which he had set there, ( 2 Chronicles 33:7 )

and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the
Lord, and in Jerusalem;
see ( 2 Chronicles 33:4 2 Chronicles 33:5 ) ,

and cast them out of the city;
perhaps into the brook Kidron; all this he did to show the sincerity of his repentance for his idolatry, and his abhorrence of it.

2 Chronicles 33:15 In-Context

13 He prayed to Him, so He heard his petition and granted his request, and brought him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom. So Manasseh came to know that the Lord is God.

14 After this, he built the outer wall of the city of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate; he brought it around the Ophel, and he heightened it considerably. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

15 He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the Lord's temple, along with all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the Lord's temple and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city.

16 He built the altar of the Lord and offered fellowship and thank offerings on it. Then he told Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.

17 However, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Ch 33:7