What is the context?
Manasseh strengthens Jerusalem and the fortified cities, but the account gives special attention to changes in worship. He removes the foreign gods and altars he had introduced.
He restores the Lord’s altar, presents peace offerings and thank offerings, and commands Judah to serve the Lord. His acknowledgment of God leads to acts that reverse his earlier direction.
The people still sacrifice at the high places, although now only to the Lord. The closing qualification distinguishes the king’s change from a complete removal of every irregular practice.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley draws attention to how difficult it is to undo the corruption a ruler has encouraged. Repentance brings genuine changes here, while the remaining high places show that the consequences of a leader’s former example can outlast his own change of heart.
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