2 Chronicles 28:4

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Sacrificabat quoque, et thymiama succendebat in excelsis, et in collibus, et sub omni ligno frondoso.

Hebrew

English

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

Ahaz even sacrificed his own sons in the fire. He was copying the terrible actions of the Canaanites (see Deuteronomy 12:31; 18:9–10; Jeremiah 7:31; 19:5; 32:35).

Theme notes and profiles

Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
Deuteronomy 12:2–3
Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
2 Kings 16:4
And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.