2 Kings 16:4

and he offered sacrifice and burned incense in the high places, and on the hills,—and under every green tree.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3but walked in the way of the kings of Israel,—moreover also, me made, his son, pass through the fire, according to the abominable practices of the nations, whom Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel;

5then, came up Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to make war,—and they laid siege against Ahaz, but could not overcome [him].

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:23And, they also, built for themselves high places and pillars, and Sacred Stems,—upon every high hill, and under every green tree.

2 Kings 14:4only, the high places, took they not away,—still were the people sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.

Isaiah 65:4Who tarry among graves, And in the secret places, do lodge, Who eat the flesh of swine, And the broth of refuse things is in their vessels,—

Jeremiah 17:2So long as their sons remember their altars, and their Sacred Stems, By the green tree,—Upon the high hills,

Ezekiel 43:7Then said he unto me, Son of man This is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet where I would dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel to times age-abiding,- But the house of Israel must, no more defile my holy Name. They, nor their kings by their unchastity, and by the carcases of their kings in their high places,

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 16:2-5

The Reign of Ahaz. ( b. c. 726.) 1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of… Read the whole commentary →

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