the houses of the Kings of Judah shall be defiled as the place of Tophet] Or, which are defiled, shall e as the place of Tophet. because of all the houses] Or, with all the houses. upon whose roofs they have burnt incense] Their houses being flat roofed, Deuteronomy 22:8. they used to serve and sacrifice to their idols on the tops of them. 2 Kings 23:12. Chap. 32. 29. Zephaniah 1:5. See Isaiah 65:3.