2 Kings 16:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

2 Kings 16:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.
2 Kings 16:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16. Reign of Ahaz. This chapter is assigned to different sources, and deals mainly with the king's alteration of the Temple, though it alludes to his apostasy and his wars. The Temple recor...
2 Kings 16:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
2 Kings 16:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. No JFB commentary on this verse.
2 Kings 16:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ahaz and Assyria This chapter describes the reign of Ahaz of Judah, his appeal to Assyria when attacked by Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Syria, and the overthrow of Damascus by the king of Assyria....
2 Kings 16:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the high places. — These are evidently distinguished from “the hills,” two different prepositions being used in the Hebrew as in the English. A bâmâh, or “high-place,” was a local sanctuary, a...
2 Kings 16:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE APOSTASIES OF AHAZ 2 Kings 16:1-18 "For when we in our wickedness grow hard, Oh the misery on't! the wise gods seal our eyes; In our own filth drop our clear judgments; make us Adore our...
2 Kings 16:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Seeking Help from Wrong Sources 2 Kings 16:1-9 Ahaz was one of the most wicked kings of Judah. He not only passed his children through the lines of fire, but seems to have burned some of them,...
2 Kings 16:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Perhaps the sin of Judah had its most awful expression during the reign of Ahaz. The king first sought help from the Assyrians under Tiglathpileser in his time of difficulty, and this was by delibera...
2 Kings 16:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What an awful account both the histories of Judah and Israel furnish! the succession of the kings, for the most part, is but a succession of evil. Idolatry, during the reign of Ahaz, seems to have be...
2 Kings 16:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills ,.... Which none of the kings of Judah before him ever did; for though they connived at this practice in the people, they nev...
2 Kings 16:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. Ver. 4. And he sacrificed, &c. ] He "did evil with both hands earnestly," Mic 7:3 as if af...
2 Kings 16:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He sacrificed, &c., in the high places If his father had but had zeal enough to take them away, it might have prevented the corrupting of his sons. They that connive at sin, know not what dange...
2 Kings 16:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE WICKEDNESS OF AHAZ (vv.1-4). Ahaz stands in startling contrast to his father. His mother's name is not mentioned, perhaps because she was not worth mentioning. Ahaz was 20 years old when he...
2 Kings 16:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Reign of Ahaz. B. C. 726. 1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Aha...
2 Kings 16:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

After the manner of the heathens: See Poole on " Deuteronomy 12:2 " ; See Poole on " Jeremiah 2:20 " ; See Poole on " Hosea 4:13 " .
2 Kings 16:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign Of Ahaz King Of Judah c. 732/1-716/15 BC. Co-regent from 744/43 BC. Ahaz came to the throne of Judah as sole ruler at a crucial time in Judah's history. Never before in that history had...
2 Kings 16:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE REIGN OF AHAZ IN JUDAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 16:2 . Twenty years old was Ahab when, &c.—The Sept. MS. of the Vatican, and other MSS., give “ twenty-five ” in the c...
2 Kings 16:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:3 . Ahaz made his son pass through the fire. It appears from the poets that the heathens did commonly dedicate a child to a god by lustrations; that is, by causing him to pass between t...
2 Kings 16:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

In the seventeenth year of Pekah. A people’s king and priest, or kinghood and priesthood I. The kinghood. 1. The de-humanising force of false religion. Ahaz was an idolator. 2. The nation...
2 Kings 16:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 16:1-12 REIGN OF AHAZ OVER JUDAH . WAR OF AHAZ WITH PEKAH AND REZIN . EXPEDITION OF TIGLATH - PILESER AGAINST THEM . RELIGIOUS CHANGES...
2 Kings 16:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ahaz Calls upon Assyria for Help
2 Kings 16:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 14:23 ; Deuteronomy 12:2 ; Ezekiel 20:28 ; Ezekiel 20:29 ; Isaiah 57:5-7 ; Isaiah 65:4 ; Isaiah 66:17 ; Jeremiah 17:2

2 Kings 16:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 16:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 16:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 16:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 16:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 16:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 16:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 16:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 16:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 16:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 16:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 16:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 16:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 16:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 16:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 16:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 16:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge