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2 Kings 17:10
10They put up stone pillars and Asherah poles to worship their gods. They put them on top of all the high hills and under all the big trees.
2 Kings 17:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
- New International Version (NIV)They set up sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They set up for themselves pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
- New King James Version (NKJV)They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.
Context of 2 Kings 17:10
8They did the same bad things that the nations that lived in Canaan did. The Lord had chased those nations out of Canaan so that the Israelites could live there. The Israelites copied the bad things that the kings of Israel were doing. 9They secretly did things that the Lord their God said were not right. In all their towns, they built altars to worship false gods. They built them everywhere, in small villages and in strong cities. They put up stone pillars and Asherah poles to worship their gods. They put them on top of all the high hills and under all the big trees. 11At all those places they burned incense to worship their gods, as the nations in Canaan had done. The Lord had chased those nations out of Canaan so that the Israelites could live there. The Israelites did evil things that made the Lord very angry. 12They refused to obey the Lord's command and they worshipped useless idols.
Read all of 2 Kings 172 Kings 17:10 word by word
וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ לָהֶ֛ם מַצֵּב֖וֹת וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים עַ֚ל כָּל־גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:10
- 2 Kings 16:4Ahaz offered sacrifices and he burned incense on altars on the hills, as well as under all the big trees.
- Exodus 34:13Instead, you must knock down their altars. Destroy the special stones that are their idols. Cut down their Asherah poles.
- Leviticus 26:1You must not make idols from stones and worship them. You must not draw things on stones and bend down in front of them. I am the Lord your God.
- 1 Kings 14:23They built altars on the hills for themselves. They put up stone pillars and Asherah poles to worship. They did this on every high hill and under every big tree.
- Isaiah 57:5You worship your idols among the big trees, and you have sex at the same time. You kill your children as sacrifices to your false gods. You do that beside streams and in caves among the rocks.
- Deuteronomy 16:21When you build an altar to offer sacrifices to the Lord your God, do not put any Asherah pole there.
- Micah 5:14You worship the false god Asherah, but I will pull her poles from the ground. I will even destroy your cities.
- Deuteronomy 12:2You will chase out the nations who live there. Then you must destroy completely all the places where those people worship their gods. Those places are on the tops of mountains and hills, and under big green trees.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 17:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Images and groves - Images of different idols, and places for the abominable rites of Ashtaroth or Venus.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-23Verses 7-23 Though the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was but briefly related, it is in these verses largely commented upon, and the reasons of it given. It was destruction from the Almighty: the Assyrian was but the rod of his anger, Is 10:5. Those that bring sin into a country or family, bring a plague into it, and will have to answer for all the mischief that follows. And vast as the outward wickedness of the world is, the secret sins…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-13Israel committed many sins, including pagan rituals and practices. Whether done openly or in secret, God knew about them all. Israel's kings often started these practices by building pagan shrines, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles. They copied pagan sacrifices and idol worship (2 Kings 10:29; 15:18, 28; 1 Kings 12:28–33; 15:34; 16:30–33). People from all parts of Israelite society, both royalty and commoners, continued these sins. They ignored warnings…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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