The burning of incense was a common religious practice among the Egyptians and the Babylonians; and from the present passage, we gather that the Ca…

Wrought wicked things. —Not merely idolatrous rites, but also the hideous immoralities which constituted a recognized part of the …

And there they burnt incense in all the high places
As even the tribe of Judah did, which is observed in all the pre…

Although the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was only briefly related, in these verses it is largely commented upon, and its reasons g…