He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Ahaz personally took part in idolatrous worship, offering sacrifices and burning incense in the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree. His actions were part of a wider spread of heathen worship and apostasy throughout Judah. This falling away advanced even while the nation's leaders kept up the outward forms of the worship of God. They still claimed to belong to His people while practicing such idolatry.
Ahaz personally took part in idolatrous worship, offering sacrifices and burning incense in the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree. His actions were part of a wider spread of heathen worship and apostasy throughout Judah. This falling away advanced even while the nation's leaders kept up the outward forms of the worship of God. They still claimed to belong to His people while practicing such idolatry.