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statutes of David. Contrast "the statutes of Omri" (Mic_6:16), and"statutes of the heathen" (2Ki_17:8).
high places. Not necessarily idolatrous (see note on 1Ki_3:2, and compare 1Ch_16:39; 1Ch_21:29. 2Ch_1:3, 2Ch_1:13), though perhaps copied from Canaanites. Practice too deeply rooted for even Asa and Hezekiah to remove. Josiah it was who finally desecrated them. Anglo-Saxon = Hoes. Gibeon = a high place, where the Tabernacle was. Compare Jos_9:3. 2Sa_2:12, 2Sa_2:13.
offer = offer up. See App-43.