2 Kings 17:10

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 walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced. 9The sons of Israel did things secretly which were not right against the Lord their God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city. They set for themselves sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, 11and there they burned incense on all the high places as the nations did which the Lord had carried away to exile before them; and they did evil things provoking the Lord. 12They served idols, concerning which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”

2 Kings 17:10 word by word

וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ לָהֶ֛ם מַצֵּב֖וֹת וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים עַ֚ל כָּל־גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן׃Read the interlinear

• They setנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• pillarsמַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâh · pillarH4676
• Asherimאֲשֵׁרָה'ăshêrâh 'ăshêyrâh · AsherahH842
• on everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• highגָּבֹהַּgâbôhha gâbôhha · highH1364
• hillגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• and underתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• greenרַעֲנָןra‛ănân · luxuriantH7488
• treeעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086

Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:10

• 2 Kings 16:4He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
• Exodus 34:13But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim
• Leviticus 26:1‘You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place 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 sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree.
• Isaiah 57:5Who inflame yourselves among the oaks, Under every luxuriant tree, Who slaughter the children in the ravines, Under the clefts of the crags?
• Deuteronomy 16:21“You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the Lord your God, which you shall make for yourself.
• Micah 5:14I will root out your Asherim from among you And destroy your cities.
• Deuteronomy 12:2You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve 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

Topics related to 2 Kings 17:10

• Assyria
• Babylon
• Groves
• Judgments
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Asherah
• Assyria
• Captivity
• Color; Colors
• Fear
• High Place
• Hill, Hill Country
• Hill; Mount; Mountain
• Kings, Books of
• Samaria, Country of

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