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 statutes of the nations, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made. 9And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree: 11and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 12and they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye 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

• setנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• upעַל‛al · uponH5921
• pillarsמַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâh · pillarH4676
• Asherimאֲשֵׁרָה'ăshêrâh 'ăshêyrâh · AsherahH842
• everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• highגָּבֹהַּgâbôhha gâbôhha · highH1364
• hillגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• underתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• greenרַעֲנָןra‛ănân · luxuriantH7488
• treeעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086

Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:10

• 2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
• Exodus 34:13but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim:
• Leviticus 26:1Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
• 1 Kings 14:23For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;
• Isaiah 57:5ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
• Deuteronomy 16:21Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
• Micah 5:14and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee: and I will destroy thy cities.
• Deuteronomy 12:2Ye shall surely destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon 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