2 Chronicles 33:17 - Exposition

Compare Hezekiah's good work ( 2 Chronicles 31:1 ) with his son's bad work ( 2 Chronicles 33:3 ); the latter could undo his father's good, but now could not undo his own evil! The illegitimate worshippings and offerings of high places, though they had been "winked at" from time to time by some of even the better of the kings, were of course essentially counter to the one national worship in the one temple, and to the offerings and sacrifices of the one national altar.