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2 Kings 17:10

SinPraise and worship

8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

9 And the children of Israel did secretly those 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 images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

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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

    For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

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  • Micah 5:14

    And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

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  • Exodus 34:13

    But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

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  • 2 Kings 16:4

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

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  • Deuteronomy 12:2–3

    Ye shall utterly 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:

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  • Deuteronomy 16:21

    Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

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  • Isaiah 57:5

    Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

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  • Leviticus 26:1

    Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.

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