ere eminences upon which the heathens used to worship their gods, and which were chosen for that purpose as being supposed to be nearer heaven, their constant residence. The Jews are frequently blamed for their attachment to high places, after the manner of the Gentiles; and their prosœuchæ were frequently upon mountains, with groves planted round them. Where high places are reprobated in Scripture, therefore, we should understand them as places abused and prostituted to idolatrous purposes.