Nevertheless. — Yet the Divine wrath will not pursue thee to destruction, for there are good things found in thee. (So 2 Chronicles 12:12; comp. also 1 Kings 14:13.)
Thou hast taken away the groves. — Thou hast consumed (or exterminated) the Ashçrahs. (Deuteronomy 13:6; 2 Kings 23:24.) So Asa had done (2 Chronicles 17:4). (Ashçrôth, as equivalent to Ashçrîm, recurs in 2 Chronicles 33:3 and in Judges 3:7 only.)
And hast prepared. — Or, directed. The contrary was said of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 12:14.)