Parallel Verses
Amplified
They set up for themselves sacred pillars (memorial stones) and
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
Holman Bible
They set up for themselves sacred pillars
International Standard Version
They set up pillars and Asherim on every high hill and in the shade of every green tree,
A Conservative Version
And they set up for them pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree,
American Standard Version
and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
Bible in Basic English
They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree:
Darby Translation
And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;
Julia Smith Translation
And they will set to them statues and images upon every high hill, and under every green tree.
King James 2000
And they set them up images and idol poles on every high hill, and under every green tree:
Lexham Expanded Bible
They set up for themselves stone pillars and poles of Asherah worship on every high hill and under every green tree.
Modern King James verseion
And they set up images and Asherahs for themselves in every high hill, and under every green tree.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they made them images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree.
NET Bible
They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
New Heart English Bible
and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
The Emphasized Bible
And they set up for themselves pillars and Sacred Stems, upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
Webster
And they set up for themselves images and groves on every high hill, and under every green tree:
World English Bible
and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
Youngs Literal Translation
and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree,
Themes
Assyria » Israelites carried captive into
Fear » The reward for fearing other gods
Following » The reward for following vanity
Groves » Worshiped by israelites
Idolatry » Captivity of israel on account of
Judgments » Delivered » Into the hands of the assyrians
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » In permitting baal-worship
Interlinear
Natsab
Gaboahh
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 17:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Deported To Assyria And The Reasons It Fell
9
The Israelites ascribed things to the Lord their God which were not true. They built for themselves high places [of worship] in all their towns, from [the lonely] lookout tower to the [populous] fortified city.
10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars (memorial stones) and
Cross References
1 Kings 14:23
For they also built for themselves high places [to worship idols] and sacred pillars and Asherim [for the goddess Asherah]. These were on every high hill and under every luxuriant tree.
Exodus 34:13
But you shall tear down and destroy their [pagan] altars, smash in pieces their [sacred] pillars (obelisks, images) and cut down their
2 Kings 16:4
He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
Micah 5:14
“I will root out your Asherim (symbols of the goddess Asherah) from among you
And destroy your cities [which are the centers of pagan worship].
Leviticus 26:1
Deuteronomy 12:2-3
You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and the hills and under every green [leafy] tree.
Deuteronomy 16:21
“You shall not plant for yourself an
Isaiah 57:5
Who inflame yourselves [with lust in pagan rites] among the oaks (terebinth trees),
Under every green and leafy tree,
Who slaughter the children [in sacrifice] in the ravines
Under the clefts of the rocks?