Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 24:18

"And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness." — 2 Chronicles 24:18 (ASV)

And they left the house of the Lord. — They, namely, the apostate princes and their followers, ceased to attend the legal worship of the Temple.

And served groves and idols. — Rather, the Asherim and the idols. (See Note on 2 Chronicles 14:3.)

And wrath came. — 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 19:10; 1 Chronicles 27:24. In this case, the Divine wrath (Numbers 1:53) manifested itself in a Syrian invasion (2 Chronicles 24:23 and following).

Upon Judah and Jerusalem. — The sin of the nobles, allowed and perhaps imitated by the king, involved the nation in its penal consequences (Compare 1 Chronicles 21:0).