2 Kings 16:4 - Exposition

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. The special sin of Ahaz here noted is that he not only allowed the high-place and grove worship, as so many other kings of Judah had done, e.g. Solomon ( 1 Kings 3:2 ), Rehoboam ( 1 Kings 14:23 ), Asa ( 1 Kings 15:14 ), Jehoshaphat ( 1 Kings 22:43 ), Joash ( 2 Kings 12:3 ), Amaziah ( 2 Kings 14:4 ), Azariah ( 2 Kings 15:4 ), and Jotham ( 2 Kings 15:35 ), but himself countenanced and took part in it, which no other king appears to have done. It was probably the stimulus that his example gave to the cult which induced Hezekiah to abolish it (see 2 Kings 18:4 ). And on the hills, and under every green tree .