A careful read of the Old Testament does not reflect well on the Jews ... especially when you get through Kings and Chronicles, which basically say over and over ...
"Yea, King (insertname) did make burnt offerings to the abomination and was smote by the God of the Hebrews."
Over and over and over again.
They never seemed to "get" it. Make a pleasurable odor unto the Hebrew God, you're good. Burn the same cow to the idol of the God from the nearby town, you're toast.
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