King James Version
2 Kings 17:10 in the King James Version says “And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: images: Heb. statues” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: images: Heb. statues”
2 Kings 17:10 · KJV
And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
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: images: Heb. statues
And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And they set them up”
H5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
“images”
H4676something stationed, i.e., a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
“and groves”
H842asherah (or astarte) a phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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