2 Kings 16:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Ahaz offered sacrifices at the local shrines, as well as on every hill and in the shade of large trees.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

They also built their own local shrines and stone images of foreign gods, and they set up sacred poles for worshipping the goddess Asherah on every hill and in the shade of large trees.

2 Kings 12:4

One day, Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money that has been given to the LORD's temple, whether from taxes or gifts,

2 Kings 14:4

Amaziah did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.

Psalm 78:58

God demanded all their love, but they made him angry by worshipping idols.

Isaiah 65:4

They spend their nights hiding in burial caves; they eat the meat of pigs, cooked in sauces made of stuff unfit to eat.

Isaiah 66:17

Some of you get yourselves ready and go to a garden to worship a foreign goddess. You eat the meat of pigs, lizards, and mice. But I, the LORD, will destroy you for this.

Jeremiah 17:2

One generation after another has set up pagan altars and worshipped the goddess Asherah everywhere in your country— on hills and mountains, and under large trees. So I'll take everything you own, including your altars, and give it all to your enemies.

Ezekiel 43:7

Ezekiel, son of man, this temple is my throne on earth. I will live here among the people of Israel for ever. They and their kings will never again disgrace me by worshipping idols at local shrines or by setting up memorials to their dead kings.

Ezekiel 6:13

These people used to offer incense to idols at altars built on hills and mountaintops and in the shade of large oak trees. But when they see dead bodies lying around those altars, they will know that I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 12:2

But the nations that live there worship other gods. So after you capture the land, you must completely destroy their places of worship—on mountains and hills or in the shade of large trees.