4-8 (2 Kings 23:13, 14). Monument to a Debased Character—Few realize that, in their lives, they constantly exert an influence which will be perpetuated for good or evil. Hundreds of years had elapsed since Solomon caused those idolatrous shrines to be erected on the mount; and, although Josiah had demolished them as places for worship, their debris, containing portions of architecture, were still remaining in the days of Christ. The prominence upon which those shrines had stood was called, by the true-hearted of Israel, the Mount of Offense.{2BC 1032.7}

4-8 (2 Kong. 23,13, 14). Et mindesmærke for en fornedret karakter. - Få indser at de i deres liv hele tiden udøver en indflydelse som vil bevare for godt eller ondt. Der er gået hundredvis år siden Salomon lod disse afgudsaltre rejse på bjerget; og selvom Josia hade nedlagt dem som tilbedelsessteder, indeholder deres ruiner arkitekturdele der stadig var på Kristi dage. Disse fremspring som altrene havde stået på blev kaldt anstødelighedens bjerg af det helhjertede Israel.