High Places. The Hebrew word bamah is a general term, comprehending mountains and hills; but in Ezekiel 20:29, it is given as the proper name of a place; while in other passages it is usually and correctly translated "high place." The Hebrews, like most other ancient nations, frequently offered sacrifices upon "high places," notwithstanding the prohibition in Deuteronomy 1:12-32, both to Jehovah and to idols, 1 Samuel 1:9-14, 1 Kings 3:2, 1 Kings 3:4, 2 Kings 12:3, 1 Chronicles 16:39; and erected chapels thereon, and had ministers of the sacred rites. 1 Kings 12:32, 1 Kings 13:32, 2 Kings 17:29, 2 Kings 17:32. Even Solomon, after the erection of the temple, and other kings, till the time of Josiah, frequently sacrificed on hills and mountains. 1 Kings 11:7, 2 Kings 14:4, 2 Kings 15:4, 2 Kings 15:35, 2 Chronicles 20:33, Ezekiel 6:3, Leviticus 26:30. Probably the massive circular ruins on the summits of Hermon are the remains of such places of ancient idolatrous worship. 2 Kings 23:7, Ezekiel 16:16, Amos 5:8.