For they served idols. —Rather, and they served the dunglings; a term of contempt used in 1 Kings 15:19 and D…

For they served idols
Baalim, as the Targum; dunghill gods, as the word signifies, as they are often called in Scrip…

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…