He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Parallel translations
- WEB He sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
- BSB And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- NKJV And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- NASB He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- NLT He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.
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Quick answer
Ahaz sacrifices and burns incense at high places, on hills, and under every green tree. His worship is thoroughly pagan and spread across the land.
Overview
The description of worship at high places and under green trees is stock biblical language for widespread idolatry and spiritual unfaithfulness. Ahaz multiplies illegitimate altars in defiance of God's command to worship at the appointed place. Such scattered, false devotion contrasts with the single, true sacrifice of Christ, offered once for all, which alone reconciles sinners to God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Deut 12:2–3Ye 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:
- Lev 26:30And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
- 2 Kgs 16:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
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