And they left the house of the Lord. — They, viz., the apostate princes and their following, ceased to attend the legal worship of the Temple.
And served groves and idols. — Rather, the Ashçrim and the idols. (See Note on 2 Chronicles 14:3.)
And wrath came. — 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 19:10; 1 Chronicles 27:24. In this case the Divine wrath (Numbers 1:53) manifested itself in a Syrian invasion (2 Chronicles 24:23, seq.).
Upon Judah and Jerusalem. — The sin of the nobles, allowed and perhaps imitated by the king, involved the nation in its penal consequences (Comp. 1 Chronicles 21)