HIGH PLACES 4 | BUILT BY (1)

1. High Places

a) During Bible History, high places were usually natural (e.g. hills and mountains) but sometimes man-made (e.g. towers) places where people worshiped or made sacrifices. 

b) The only True God often appeared, or was sometimes worshiped, atop mountains (e.g. Mount Sinai) or hills (1 Samuel 9:19).

c) The Canaanite "high places" were notorious for pagan worship where various heathenistic idols, altars or buildings were located, and where some of the most wicked and horrendous behavior imaginable went on. As such, when the Israelites entered the Promised Land they were commanded by God not only to have nothing to do with high places, but to destroy them because they would be corrupted by their presence - a command that was largely disobeyed, to their regret.

2. Built By

a) Solomon.

1 Kings 11:7 
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

b) Jeroboam.

1 Kings 12:31 
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

c) Jehoram.

2 Chronicles 21:11 
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

d) Ahaz.

2 Chronicles 28:25 
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.