2 Chronicles 24:18

“And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, etc.] Came no more to the temple at Jerusalem, forsook the worship and service of it: and served groves and idols; worshipped idols in groves, which were upon high places: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass: their idolatry, and particularly on these princes, the Syrian army coming against them, and destroying them, (<142423>2 Chronicles 24:23).”

“wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem--The particular mention of Jerusalem as involved in the sin implies that the neglect of the temple and the consequent idolatry received not only the king's toleration, but his sanction; and it naturally occurs to ask how, at his mature age, such a total abandonment of a place with which all his early recollections were associated can be accounted for. It has been suggested that what he had witnessed of the conduct of many of the priests in the careless performance of the worship, and especially their unwillingness to collect the money, as well as apply a portion of their revenues for the repairs of the temple, had alienated and disgusted him [LE CLERC].”

“Left, &c. - The king and princes that awhile ago so zealously repaired the temple, now forsook the temple! So inconstant a thing is man! So little confidence is to be put in him! 2 Chronicles 24:20”

“And they left: Ch2 24:4, Ch2 21:13, Ch2 33:3-7; Kg1 11:4, Kg1 11:5, Kg1 14:9, Kg1 14:23 wrath: Ch2 19:2, Ch2 28:13, Ch2 29:8, Ch2 32:25, Ch2 36:14-16; Jos 22:20; Jdg 5:8; Sa2 24:1; Hos 5:10, Hos 5:11, Hos 5:14; Zep 1:4-6; Eph 5:6 2 Chronicles 24:19”