2 Kings 17:10
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And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
In other translations
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Hebrew words
וַיַּצִּבוּvaiyatzivuand they erectedH5324לָהֶםlahemfor themselvesמַצֵּבוֹתmatzevotsacred pillarsH4676וַאֲשֵׁרִיםva'asherimand Asherah polesH842עַל'alonH5921כָּל־kol-everyH3605גִּבְעָהgiv'ahhillH1389גְבֹהָהgevohahhighH1364וְתַחַתvetachatand underH8478כָּל־kol-everyH3605עֵץ'etztreeH6086רַעֲנָן׃ra'ananluxuriantH7488
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Kings 14:23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
- Micah 5:14And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.
- 2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- Exodus 34:13But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
- Deuteronomy 12:2-32 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.2 Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. 3 Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
- Isaiah 57:5Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
- Deuteronomy 16:21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
- Leviticus 26:1Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
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