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The mount of corruption, i.e. the Mount of Olives, 1Ki_11:7, here called the mount of corruption, for the gross idolatry there practised, which is oft expressed by the name of corruption. See Exo_32:7 Deu_32:5. In the Hebrew is an elegant allusion between miscah, anointing, and masheith, corruption, as there is between Beth-el and Beth-aven, Hos_4:15.
Which Solomon had builded; not the same individual altars; which doubtless either Solomon upon his repentance, or some other of Josiah’s godly predecessors, had taken away long before this time; but other altars built by Manasseh or Amon, which because erected by Solomon’s example, and for the same use, and in the same place, are called by his name; this brand being left by the Holy Ghost upon his name and memory, as a just punishment of that abominable practice, and a mean to deter others from the like.
For Ashtoreth; of which and the rest See Poole "1Ki_11:5"; See Poole "1Ki_11:6"; See Poole "1Ki_11:7".
The abomination, i.e. the idol, so called, because it was abominable, and made them abominable to God.