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

8They had followed the practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of them, as well as the practices the kings of Israel had introduced. 9The people of Israel had also secretly done many things that were not pleasing to the Lord their God. They built pagan shrines for themselves in all their towns, from the smallest outpost to the largest walled city. They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles at the top of every hill and under every green tree. 11They offered sacrifices on all the hilltops, just like the nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of them. So the people of Israel had done many evil things, arousing the Lord’s anger. 12Yes, they worshiped idols, despite the Lord’s specific and repeated warnings.

2 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.

• And they set them upנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• imagesמַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâh · pillarH4676
• and grovesאֲשֵׁרָה'ăshêrâh 'ăshêyrâh · AsherahH842
• in every highגָּבֹהַּgâbôhha gâbôhha · highH1364
• hillגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• and under every greenרַעֲנָןra‛ănân · luxuriantH7488
• treeעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086

Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:10

• 2 Kings 16:4He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.
• Exodus 34:13Instead, you must break down their pagan altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.
• Leviticus 26:1“Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I am the Lord your God.
• 1 Kings 14:23For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
• Isaiah 57:5You worship your idols with great passion beneath the oaks and under every green tree. You sacrifice your children down in the valleys, among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.
• Deuteronomy 16:21“You must never set up a wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build for the Lord your God.
• Micah 5:14I will abolish your idol shrines with their Asherah poles and destroy your pagan cities.
• Deuteronomy 12:2“When you drive out the nations that live there, you must destroy all the places where they worship their gods—high on the mountains, up 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