statutes of David. Contrast "the statutes of Omri" (Micah 6:16), and"statutes of the heathen" (2 Kings 17:8).
high places. Not necessarily idolatrous (see note on 1 Kings 3:2, and compare 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 2 Chronicles 1:3; 2 Chronicles 1:13), though perhaps copied from Canaanites. Practice too deeply rooted for even Asa and Hezekiah to remove. Josiah it was who finally desecrated them. Anglo-Saxon. Hoes. Gibeon. a high place, where the Tabernacle was. Compare Joshua 9:3; 2 Samuel 2:12; 2 Samuel 2:13.
offer. offer up. See App-43.