2 Chronicles 24:18 - Exposition

Served groves ; Revised Version, the Asherim, correctly (see note, 2 Chronicles 14:3 ). For this their trespass . Comparing the emphatic language of 2 Chronicles 24:23 ," destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, " we may conclude that stress is to be laid on the pronoun "their" in the present verse. The worship of the true God was not left by the whole people, and we are not told it was by the king; but (very probably through want of moral courage) he incurred the severest sort of blame, and was without even the excuse of strong personal temptation.