And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
Read Chapter 17
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Offended. Hebrew, "They concealed (or spoke secretly; Haydock) words, which were not right before the Lord: "(Calmet) being guilty of hypocrisy or of blasphemy. (Haydock)
Watchmen: the meanest huts. (Tirinus)
All was contaminated. (Calmet)
Towers were erected to guard the flocks from thieves, 2 Paralipomenon xxvi. 10. (Menochius)