lifted up. encouraged.
he took away. But "the people" failed in their part (2 Chronicles 20:33; 1 Kings 22:43). Jehoshaphat did his by commanding that they should be taken away; not, of course, doing this with his own hands. Compare 2 Chronicles 19:3.
groves. Hebrew the 'Asherim. See notes on Exodus 34:13, and App-42.