Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 19:3

"Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God." — 2 Chronicles 19:3 (ASV)

Nevertheless.—Yet the divine wrath will not pursue you to destruction, for there are good things found in you (see 2 Chronicles 12:12; compare also 1 Kings 14:13).

You have taken away the groves.—You have 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 have prepared.—Or, directed. The contrary was said of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 12:14).