4and he sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree.


In Context

1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah.

2 A son of twenty years is Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father,

3 and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, and also his son he hath caused to pass over into fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,

4 and he sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree.

5 Then doth Rezin king of Aram go up, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle, and they lay siege to Ahaz, and they have not been able to fight.

6 At that time hath Rezin king of Aram brought back Elath to Aram, and casteth out the Jews from Elath, and the Aramaeans have come in to Elath, and dwell there unto this day.

2 Kings 16:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:4He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:4He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places and on the hills, and under every green tree.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.