2 Chronicles 29:7

“Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, etc.] So that there was no entering into the temple, (<142824>2 Chronicles 28:24) and put out the lamps; for the priests not being able to go in morning and evening to light them, and dress them, they in course went out; the Jews say f123, that on the eighteenth of Ab, which answers to part of July and August, the western lamp was extinct in the days of Ahaz, for which a fast was kept on that day: and have not burnt incense, nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel; but had done these in the high places to idols, (<142803>2 Chronicles 28:3,4,24,25).”

“They - He saith not, my father, because it became him as a son, to be as tender as might be of his father's name: and because his father would not have done all this, if their fathers had not neglected their duty. 2 Chronicles 29:8”

“Those, says Matthew Henry, who turn their backs upon God's ordinances, may truly be said to forsake God himself. The lamps were not lighted, and incense was not burnt. there are still such neglects as these, and they are no less culpable, if the Word be not duly read and opened, answering to the lighting of the lamps, and if prayers and praises be not duly offered up, which was signified by the burning of incense. Ch2 29:3, Ch2 28:24; Lev 24:2-8; Kg2 16:17, Kg2 16:18; Mal 1:10 2 Chronicles 29:8”