Verse 10

2 Kings 17:10

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10 They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree:

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּצִּ֧בוּ לָ/הֶ֛ם מַצֵּב֖וֹת וַ/אֲשֵׁרִ֑ים עַ֚ל כָּל גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְ/תַ֖חַת כָּל עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן

English Translation

And they set up monuments and sacred poles on every high hill and under every leafy tree.

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Chapter 17 Context

1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hoshea, the son of Elah, became king over Israel in Sama... Focus ↗

2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him. Focus ↗

3 Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and sent him offerin... Focus ↗

4 But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to... Focus ↗

5 Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his f... Focus ↗

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, plac... Focus ↗

7 And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God (Eloh... Focus ↗

8 Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel. Focus ↗

9 And the children of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God (Elohim) things which were not ri... Focus ↗

10 They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree:

11 Burning their offerings in all the high places, as those nations did whom the Lord sent away from be... Focus ↗

12 And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do... Focus ↗

13 And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil... Focus ↗

14 And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord... Focus ↗

15 And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws wh... Focus ↗

16 And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves im... Focus ↗

17 And they made their sons and their daughters go through the fire, and they made use of secret arts a... Focus ↗

18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and his face was turned away from them: only the tribe of Ju... Focus ↗

19 (But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God (Elohim), but were guided by the rules... Focus ↗

20 So the Lord would have nothing to do with all the offspring of Israel, and sent trouble on them, and... Focus ↗

21 For Israel was broken off from the family of David, and they made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, king,... Focus ↗

22 And the children of Israel went on with all the sins which Jeroboam did; they did not keep themselve... Focus ↗

23 Till the Lord put Israel away from before his face, as he had said by all his servants the prophets.... Focus ↗

24 Then the king of Assyria took men from Babylon and from Cuthah and Avva and Hamath and Sepharvaim, a... Focus ↗

25 Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions... Focus ↗

26 So they said to the king of Assyria, The nations whom you have taken as prisoners and put in the tow... Focus ↗

27 Then the king of Assyria gave orders, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you took away, and... Focus ↗

28 So one of the priests whom they had taken away as a prisoner from Samaria came back, and, living in... Focus ↗

29 And every nation made gods for themselves, and put them in the houses of the high places which the S... Focus ↗

30 The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made... Focus ↗

31 The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites gave their children to be burned in the fire... Focus ↗

32 So they went on worshipping the Lord, and made for themselves, from among all the people, priests fo... Focus ↗

33 They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom the... Focus ↗

34 So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his w... Focus ↗

35 And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods... Focus ↗

36 But the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm, h... Focus ↗

37 And the rules and the orders and the law which he put in writing for you, you are to keep and do for... Focus ↗

38 And you are to keep in memory the agreement which I have made with you; and you are to have no other... Focus ↗

39 And you are to give worship to the Lord your God (Elohim); for it is he who will give you salvation... Focus ↗

40 But they gave no attention, but went on in their old way. Focus ↗

41 So these nations, worshipping the Lord, still were servants to the images they had made; their child... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 17 (41 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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