And he did that which was evil. — Perhaps under the pernicious influence of his courtiers. (Comp. the case of Rehoboam.)
After the abominations. — Comp. Deuteronomy 29:17; 1 Kings 11:5.
The heathen... cast. — The nations... dispossessed — i.e., the peoples of Canaan (2 Kings 17:8).