What would 'high places' be equivalent to today? TV? PC? Smartphone?
Jeroboam established sanctuaries in Dan and Bethel so that the people would no longer go to Jerusalem for the festivals. The gold statues of bulls which he placed in the sanctuaries were considered the throne of Yahweh; but the people soon came to worship the images themselves. Jeroboam also encouraged the high places or hilltop shrines (1 Kgs 12, 26-33).
Note on Tobit 1, 5 (The Catholic Study Bible)
(Reading: What were the 'high places'?
What does idolatry mean for modern-day people?)
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