2 Chronicles 28:4

Also, he was sacrificing and burning incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree.

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In The King James Version

He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

In Context

3It is he who burned incense in the Valley of the son of Hinnom. And he purified his sons by fire, in accord with the ritual of the nations that the Lord put to death at the advent of the sons of Israel.

5And so the Lord, his God, delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria, who struck him and took great plunder from his kingdom. And he carried it away to Damascus. Also, he was delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, and he struck him with great affliction.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, and I will break apart your false images. You will fall among the ruins of your idols, and my soul will abominate you:

1 Kings 14:2And Jeroboam said to his wife: “Rise up, and change clothing, so that you will not be recognized to be the wife of Jeroboam. And go to Shiloh, where the prophet Ahijah is, who said to me that I should reign over this people.

2 Kings 16:4Also, he was immolating victims, and burning incense, in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree.

2 Chronicles 28:19For the Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz, the king of Judah, since he had stripped it of help, and had shown contempt for the Lord.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:2-6

The Wickedness of Ahaz. ( b. c. 738.) 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord , like David his father: 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. 3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 4 He… Read the whole commentary →

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