The incense offered by the Jewish nation was offensive to Jehovah when they were at the same time engaging in acts of false worship and filling their hands with bloodshed.
( २ इतिहास २८: २४, २५) इतकेच काय, तर काही वर्षांनंतर, पवित्र धुपाचा खोट्या दैवतांच्या दुष्ट उपासनेत वापर करण्यात येऊ लागला.