John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 17:10

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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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