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2 Kings 17:10

SinPraise and worship

8 and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.

9 The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.

They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

11 They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.

12 They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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:
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;
DARBY
And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;
BLB
And they set up for themselves pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
ÅB
og de reiste støtter og Astartebilder på hver høy bakke og under hvert grønt tre,
OTB
De satte opp for seg selv minnesmerker og Ashera-påler på hver høyde og under hvert grønt tre,
B1930
og de reiste støtter og Astarte-billeder på hver høi bakke og under hvert grønt tre,

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 14:23

    They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

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  • Micah 5:14

    I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.

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  • Exodus 34:13

    Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

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  • 2 Kings 16:4

    And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:2–3

    Destroy 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.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:21

    Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

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  • Isaiah 57:5

    who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

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  • 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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