Deu 12:13-14, Jos 22:23, 26, 2Ki 18:22, 2Ch 32:12 | TSK | STEP | This was directly opposed to the customs of the heathen idolaters, in offering their sacrifices on the tops of hills and mountains.

Deuteronomy 12:13-14

This was directly opposed to the customs of the heathen idolaters, in offering their sacrifices on the tops of hills and mountains.

6; Le 17:2-5; 1Ki 12:28-32; 15:34; 2Ch 15:17

5,11; Ps 5:7; 9:11; 2Co 5:19; Heb 10:19-22; 13:15

Joshua 22:23

let the Lord.

Ge 9:4; De 18:19; 1Sa 20:16; 2Ch 24:22; Ps 10:13,14; Eze 3:18

Eze 33:6,8

Joshua 22:26

2 Kings 18:22

We trust.

5; Da 3:15; Mt 27:43

whose high places.

4; 2Ch 31:1; 32:12; Isa 36:7; 1Co 2:15

2 Chronicles 32:12

Hath not.

31:1; 2Ki 18:4,22; Isa 36:7

taken away.This was artfully malicious: many of the people had sacrificed to Jehovah on high places, (ch. 31:1;) and Hezekiah had removed them, as incentives to idolatry. Hence Rabshakeh insinuates that by so doing he had offended Jehovah, deprived the people of their religious rights, and that, consequently, he could neither expect the blessing of God, nor the cooperation of the people.

Ye shall worship.

De 12:13,14,26,27

one altar.

4:1; Ex 27:1-8; 30:1-6; 40:26-29; 1Ki 7:48