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2 Kings 17:10

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Kings 17:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
2 Kings 17:10 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Kings 17

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
8and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
9And 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;
10and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
11and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Jehovah carried away before them; and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;
12and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
13Yet Jehovah testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree.] That is, statues and idols; for groves of trees could not be set under green trees; but they placed idols of stone, and of wood, as the latter were, in such places as Heathens were wont to do; (see <240306> Jeremiah 3:6 (see Gill on “<111423>1 Kings 14:23”)), so the Indians to this day have idols dispersed here and there in the fields, placed in little groves, or at the foot of some hill that casts a shadow f203.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“they set: Kg2 16:4; Exo 34:13; Lev 26:1; Kg1 14:23; Isa 57:5 images: Heb. statues groves: Deu 16:21; Mic 5:14 in every: Kg2 16:4; Kg1 14:23; Deu 12:2, Deu 12:3 4 Kings (2 Kings) 17:11”
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