4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
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Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)We have here a general character of the reign of Ahaz. Few and evil were his days—few, for he died at thirty-six—evil, for we are here told, 1. That he did not that which was right like David (2 Kgs. 16:2), that is, he had none of that concern and affection for the instituted service and worship of God for which David was celebrated. He had no love for the temple, made no conscience of his duty to…
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