Logos Bible Study

2 Kings 17:9–10

Legacy Standard BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

9And the sons of Israel 1did things secretly which were not right against Yahweh their God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from awatchtower to fortified city.

10aAnd they set for themselves sacred pillars and 1bAsherim on every high hill and under every green tree,

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 1Or uttered words which
  2. 1Wooden symbols of a female deity

Cross references

  1. a2 Kin 18:8
  2. aEx 34:12–14
  3. b1 Kin 14:23; Mic 5:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city. They set up for themselves pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city they built themselves high places in all their towns. They set up sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. They built high places in all their towns from watchtower to fortified city. They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

NLTNew Living Translation

The people of Israel had also secretly done many things that were not pleasing to the Lord their God. They built pagan shrines for themselves in all their towns, from the smallest outpost to the largest walled city. They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles at the top of every hill and under every green tree.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The Israelites secretly did things that were not right against Yahweh their God; they built high places for themselves in all their towns, from the watchtower up to the fortified city. They set up for themselves stone pillars and poles of Asherah worship on every high hill and under every green tree.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: