God’s Word Translation
2 Kings 17:10
10They set up sacred stones and poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah on every high hill and under every large 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.
- 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
8and lived by the customs of the nations that the Lord had forced out of the Israelites’ way. They also did what their kings wanted them to do. 9The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that weren’t right: They built for themselves illegal places of worship in all of their cities, from the ⌞smallest⌟ watchtower to the ⌞largest⌟ fortified city. They set up sacred stones and poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah on every high hill and under every large tree. 11At all the illegal places of worship, they sacrificed in the same way as the nations that the Lord had removed from the land ahead of them. They did evil things and made the Lord furious. 12They served idols, although the Lord had said, “Never 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:10
- 2 Kings 16:4He offered sacrifices and burned incense as an offering at the illegal worship sites, which were on hills and under every large tree.
- Exodus 34:13But tear down their altars, crush their sacred stones, and cut down their poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah.
- Leviticus 26:1⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Never make worthless idols or set up a carved statue or a sacred stone for yourselves. Never cut figures in stone to worship them in your country, because I am the Lord your God.
- 1 Kings 14:23They built worship sites for themselves and ⌞put up⌟ large stones and Asherah poles to worship on every high hill and under every large tree.
- Isaiah 57:5You burn with lust under oak trees and under every large tree. You slaughter children in the valleys and under the cracks in the rocks.
- Deuteronomy 16:21When you build the altar for the Lord your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.
- Micah 5:14I will pull out your poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. I will wipe out your cities.
- Deuteronomy 12:2Completely destroy all the worship sites on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every large tree. The people you’re forcing out worship their gods in these places.
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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