Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord In contempt and in defiance of him, and the tokens of his special presence. They provoked him to jealousy By joining other gods together with him, as the adulterous wife provokes her husband by breaking the marriage covenant. They also built them high places Followed the example of the Israelites, although they were better instructed, had the temple in their kingdom, and liberty of access to it, and the privilege of worshipping God in his own way; together with the counsels, sermons, and examples, of the priests and Levites, and the dreadful example of Israel's horrid apostacy, to caution and terrify them. High places Which were unlawful, and now especially when the temple was built, and ready to receive them, and unnecessary, and therefore in building them they expressed a greater contempt of God and his express command. Groves Not only after the manner of the heathen and Israelites, but against a direct and particular prohibition. Under every green tree The people were universally corrupted, which is prodigious, all things considered, and is a clear evidence of the greatness and depth of the original corruption of man's nature.
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1 Kings 14:22-23
22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
23 For they also built them high places, and images,c and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.