THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
The phrase "and his heart was lifted up" is mentioned by the author not as a form of condemnation but as an expression of admiration, as he goes on to say "in the ways of the Lord, and out of the oak-trees from the land of Judah."
2 Chronicles 17:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And when his heart had taken courage for the ways of the Lord, he took away also the high places and the groves out of Juda.
וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּ לִבּ֖וֹ בְּדַרְכֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְע֗וֹד הֵסִ֛יר אֶת־הַבָּמ֥וֹת וְאֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים מִיהוּדָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Hos 14:9Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear him, and I will make him flourish like a green fir tree: from me is thy fruit found.
- Ps 119 (118):1
- 2 Chr 20:33But yet he took not away the high places, and the people had not yet turned their heart to the Lord the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chr 15:17But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
- Ps 18 (17):21
- Ps 18 (17):22
- Ps 138 (137):5
- 2 Chr 19:3But good works are found in thee, because thou hast taken away the groves out of the land of Juda, and hast prepared thy heart to seek the Lord the God of thy fathers.