2 Chronicles 26:16

WEB

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the Lord his God; for he went into the Lord's temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.

KJV

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

Commentary

When he was strong,.... Became great and powerful, through his victories, the enlargement of his dominions, and having a numerous army, and th ese well accoutred, and many fortified cities and towers: his heart was lifted up to his destruction; he grew vain and proud, elated with his flourishing circumstances, which issued in his ruin: for he transgressed against the Lord his God; who had helped him, and made him so great, and had bestowed so many favours upon him; the Targum is,"the Word of the Lord his God;''what his transgression was, follows: and went into the temple of the Lord; the holy place, into which none but the priests might enter: to burn incense upon the altar of incense; which stood there.