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2 Kings 16:4

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He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.

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For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

One day King Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as a sacred offering to the Lord’s Temple, whether it is a regular assessment, a payment of vows, or a voluntary gift.

Amaziah did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

They angered God by building shrines to other gods; they made him jealous with their idols.

At night they go out among the graves, worshiping the dead. They eat the flesh of pigs and make stews with other forbidden foods.

“Those who ‘consecrate’ and ‘purify’ themselves in a sacred garden with its idol in the center—feasting on pork and rats and other detestable meats—will come to a terrible end,” says the Lord.

Even their children go to worship at their pagan altars and Asherah poles, beneath every green tree and on every high hill.

The Lord said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I will live here forever among the people of Israel. They and their kings will not defile my holy name any longer by their adulterous worship of other gods or by honoring the relics of their kings who have died.

They will know that I am the Lord when their dead lie scattered among their idols and altars on every hill and mountain and under every green tree and every great shade tree—the places where they offered sacrifices to their idols.

“When you drive out the nations that live there, you must destroy all the places where they worship their gods—high on the mountains, up on the hills, and under every green tree.




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