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Israel Carried Captive to Assyria

2 Kings 17:10

In 11 translations

BSB
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
KJV
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:images: Heb. statues
WEB
and they set up for themselves pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
ASV
and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
LSV
and set up standing-pillars and Asherim for themselves on every high height, and under every green tree,
YLT
and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree,
DBY
And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;
DRC
And they made them statues and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree:
GNV
And had made them images and groues vpon euery hie hill, and vnder euery greene tree,
JPS
and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every leafy tree;
LXXE
and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. And they made for themselves pillars and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree.Gr. strong.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ לָהֶ֛ם מַצֵּב֖וֹת וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים עַ֚ל כָּל־גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן׃
LXX-Br
καὶ ἐστήλωσαν ἑαυτοῖς στήλας καὶ ἄλση ἐπὶ παντὶ βουνῷ ὑψηλῷ καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου ἀλσώδους,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 14:23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
  • Micah 5:14I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.
  • 2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
  • Exodus 34:13Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
  • Isaiah 57:5who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
  • Deuteronomy 16:21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
  • Deuteronomy 12:2–3Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars,…
  • Leviticus 26:1“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.

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