² and followed the example of the kings of Israel. He had metal images of Baal made, ³ burned incense in Hinnom Valley, and even sacrificed his own sons as burnt offerings to idols, imitating the disgusting practice of the people whom the Lord had driven out of the land as the Israelites advanced. ⁴ At the pagan places of worship, on the hills, and under every shady tree Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense.