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
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Bible References
On the hills
Deuteronomy 12:2
Destroy all the places where the nations you dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.
1 Kings 14:23
They built places of worship for false gods. They put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees.
Isaiah 57:5
Are you inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Isaiah 65:4
They sit among the graves and spend their nights keeping secret vigil. They eat the flesh of pigs. Their pots are full of unclean meat.
Isaiah 66:17
People make themselves holy and prepare themselves for their garden rituals. They go into the garden and devour pork, disgusting things, and mice. They will come to an end at the same time, declares Jehovah.
Jeremiah 17:2
Even their children remember their altars and their poles (images) dedicated to the goddess Asherah beside large trees on high hills
Ezekiel 20:28
I brought them to the land I had promised to give them. When they saw the high hills and green trees, they offered sacrifices at all of them. They made me angry by the sacrifices they burned and by the wine they brought as offerings.
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2 Chronicles 28:4
He offered sacrifices and burned incense as an offering at the illegal worship sites on hills and under every large tree.