2 Kings 17:9
7 All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
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.
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.
10 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.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against the LORD their God; and they built high places for themselves in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
- ASV
- And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
- DARBY
- And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.
- BLB
- And the sons of Israel secretly did things that [were] not right against YHWH their God, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers to a fortified city.
- ÅB
- Og Israels barn tilhyllet Herren sin Gud med ord som ikke var rette[^1], og de bygget seg offerhauger på alle sine bosteder like fra vakttårnene[^2] til de faste byer,
- OTB
- Og Israels sønner gjorde ting i hemmelighet som ikke var rett mot Herren deres Gud. Dessuten bygde de for seg selv offerhauger i alle sine byer, fra vakttårn til befestet by.
- B1930
- Og Israels barn tilhyllet Herren sin Gud med ord som ikke var rette, og de bygget sig offerhauger på alle sine bosteder like fra vakttårnene til de faste byer, / < d.e. med falske forklaringer av Herrens ord tilhyllet og skjulte de hans sanne vesen.> / < 2KR 26, 10.>
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Original text and word study
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2 Kings 18:8
He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:15
‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextDeuteronomy 13:6
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
Read in contextEzekiel 8:12
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
Read in contextJob 31:27
so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
Read in contextHosea 12:11
Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
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