They left all the commandments of the Lord; they grew worse and worse; from a partial disobedience to some of God's laws, they fell by degrees to a total apostacy from all of them. The host of heaven; the stars, as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, &c. See Deuteronomy 4:19.
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2 Kings 17:16
16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.