Dictionary of Bible Themes Natural heights were sometimes the sites of shrines devoted to the LORD. However, the term usually refers to the places where shrines were set up to foreign gods, especially shrines where the worship of the LORD was in rivalry with Jerusalem. Habakkuk 3:19High places referring to mountainous areas See also Deuteronomy 32:13Psalms 18:33 pp 2Sa 22:34 Amos 4:13High places express divine lordship See also Micah 1:31 Kings 3:2-3 High places referring to shrines to the LORD High places were the focus of worship before the building of Solomon's temple 1 Samuel 9:12See also High places associated with Samuel 1 Samuel 9:13-14,191 Samuel 10:5 Associated with other prophets Deuteronomy 33:29High places referring to foreign shrines In Canaan before the conquest Isaiah 15:2See also Among Israel's neighbours Isaiah 16:121 Kings 12:31 Israelite use of high places condemned The building of shrines on high places Leviticus 26:30See also High places condemned by God Numbers 33:52Deuteronomy 12:2 Ezekiel 20:28-29 See also High places condemned by the prophets Jeremiah 17:3Jeremiah 32:35 High places associated with foreign gods 1 Kings 11:7Baal Chemosh and Molech 2 Chronicles 32:12Worship at the high places See also High places regarded as unsatisfactory places to worship the LORD 2 Kings 18:42 Chronicles 31:1 The presence of Asherah poles is evidence of a consort for the LORD, typical of Baal worship, but alien to the Biblical concept of God 2 Kings 17:11Characteristics of worship at the high places 2 Kings 23:20burning incense 2 Chronicles 28:25the presence of priests Ezekiel 43:7sacrifices a site for the tombs of kings Leviticus 26:30Removal of the high places Numbers 33:522 Chronicles 14:3; 17:6 2 Kings 23:5 See also Commended for the zeal shown 2 Kings 23:8,151 Kings 15:14; 22:43 2 Kings 12:2-3; 14:3-4; 15:3-4,34-35 Used as a test 2 Chronicles 20:32-33See also 6212 participation7442 shrine 8622 worship 8747 false gods 8748 false religion 8768 idolatry |
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