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2 Kings 17:10
2 Kings 17:10 is verse 10 of 2 Kings chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
King James Version
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
World English Bible
and they set up for themselves pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
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2 Kings 17:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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.
12 They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
Exodus 34:13Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
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.
1 Kings 14:23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Isaiah 57:5who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Deuteronomy 16:21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
Micah 5:14I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.
Deuteronomy 12:2Destroy 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.
Deuteronomy 12:3Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.