2 Kings 17:9
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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 fenced city.The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
In other translations
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 fenced city.The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
Hebrew words
וַיְחַפְּאוּvaychape'uand they did secretlyH2644בְנֵי־venei-[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478דְּבָרִיםdevarimthingsH1697אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834לֹא־lo'-[were] notH3808כֵןkhenrightH3651עַל־'al-onH5921יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵיהֶם'eloheihemGod theirH430וַיִּבְנוּvaiyivnuand they builtH1129לָהֶםlahemfor themselvesבָּמוֹתbamothigh placesH1116בְּכָל־bekholin allH3605עָרֵיהֶם'areihemcities theirH5892מִמִּגְדַּלmimigdalfrom a tower ofH4026נוֹצְרִיםnotzrimwatchmenH5341עַד־'ad-untoH5704עִיר'ira city ofH5892מִבְצָר׃mivtzarfortificationH4013
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Related verses
- 2 Kings 18:8He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
- Ezekiel 8:12Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
- Job 31:27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
- Hosea 12:11Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
- Deuteronomy 13:6If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
- Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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