And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to war,.... To fight with Ahaz, moved to it by the Lord, to chastise Ahaz for his idolatry, Kg2 15:37.
but…
Barnes' Notes
He sacrificed ... - Other kings of Judah bad allowed their people to do so. Ahaz was the first, so far as we know, to countenance the practice by his own example.
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 (Kg2…
Cambridge Bible
And he sacrificed, &c. Hitherto we have heard only that the peoplecontinued the worship in the high places. Now the kingtakes part in the same, and so makes it doubly popular.
under every green tree…
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