Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
On the hills
General references
Bible References
On the hills
Deuteronomy 12:2
You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and the hills and under every green [leafy] tree.
1 Kings 14:23
For they also built for themselves high places [to worship idols] and sacred pillars and Asherim [for the goddess Asherah]. These were on every high hill and under every luxuriant tree.
Isaiah 57:5
Who inflame yourselves [with lust in pagan rites] among the oaks (terebinth trees),
Under every green and leafy tree,
Who slaughter the children [in sacrifice] in the ravines
Under the clefts of the rocks?
Who inflame yourselves [with lust in pagan rites] among the oaks (terebinth trees),
Under every green and leafy tree,
Who slaughter the children [in sacrifice] in the ravines
Under the clefts of the rocks?
Isaiah 65:4
Who sit among the graves [trying to conjure up evil spirits] and spend the night in the secret places [where spirits are thought to dwell];
Who eat swine’s flesh,
And their pots hold the broth ofunclean meat;
Who sit among the graves [trying to conjure up evil spirits] and spend the night in the secret places [where spirits are thought to dwell];
Who eat swine’s flesh,
And their pots hold the broth of
Isaiah 66:17
“Those who [vainly attempt to] sanctify and cleanse themselves to go to the gardens [to sacrifice to idols],
Following afterone in the center,
Who eat swine’s flesh,detestable things and mice,
Will come to an end together,” says the Lord.
“Those who [vainly attempt to] sanctify and cleanse themselves to go to the gardens [to sacrifice to idols],
Following after
Who eat swine’s flesh,
Will come to an end together,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:2
As they remember their children,
So they remember [in detail] their [pagan] altars and theirAsherim
Beside green trees on the high hills.
As they remember their children,
So they remember [in detail] their [pagan] altars and their
Beside green trees on the high hills.
Ezekiel 20:28
For when I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, they saw every high hill and every dark and leafy tree [as a place for idol worship], and there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented their offering that provoked My anger; there also they made their sweet-smelling aroma and there poured out their drink offerings.
General references
2 Chronicles 28:4
He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places [of pagan worship], on the hills and under every green tree.