English Standard Version
2 Kings 17:10
10They set up for themselves pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles at the top of every hill and under every green tree.
Context of 2 Kings 17:10
8and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced. 9And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city. They set up for themselves pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, 11and there they made offerings on all the high places, as the nations did whom the Lord carried away before them. And they did wicked things, provoking the Lord to anger, 12and they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, "You shall not do this."
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
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:10
- 2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and made offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
- Exodus 34:13You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their Asherim
- Leviticus 26:1"You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God.
- 1 Kings 14:23For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
- Isaiah 57:5you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
- Deuteronomy 16:21"You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make.
- Micah 5:14and I will root out your Asherah images from among you and destroy your cities.
- Deuteronomy 12:2You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.
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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