2 Reyes 17:9

9 y como los hijos de Israel hicieron en secreto cosas no rectas contra el SEÑOR su Dios, edificándose lugares altos en todas sus ciudades, desde las torres de las atalayas hasta las ciudades fuertes

2 Reyes 17:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:9

And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were
not right against the Lord their God
As being partly conscious to themselves that they were not right, and ashamed to commit them openly; and partly as foolishly imagining, that, being done privately, they were not seen and observed of God, having imbibed some atheistical notions of him, that he was not omniscient, or saw not, and had forsaken the earth; or they "covered" ^F7 these actions of theirs under reigned and plausible pretences, that what they did they were obliged to by their kings, and with political views, and that they worshipped the true God in the calves; but these were coverings too thin not to be seen through:

and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of
the watchmen to the fenced city;
not content with those built in former times, they built new ones; and these not in their metropolis only, but in all the cities of the kingdom; and not in large cities only, but in every town and village between one fortified city and another; even wherever there was a watch tower erected, either for shepherds to watch their flocks, or for keepers of gardens, orchards, and vineyards, to watch the fruits of them, that they were not taken away.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (wapxy) "occultaverunt", Montanus, Vatablus, Grotius; "palliaverunt", Piscator.

2 Reyes 17:9 In-Context

7 Porque como los hijos de Israel pecaron contra el SEÑOR su Dios, que los sacó de tierra de Egipto de bajo la mano de Faraón rey de Egipto, y temieran a dioses ajenos

8 y anduvieran en los estatutos de los gentiles que el SEÑOR había lanzado delante de los hijos de Israel, y en los estatutos de los reyes de Israel, que hicieron

9 y como los hijos de Israel hicieron en secreto cosas no rectas contra el SEÑOR su Dios, edificándose lugares altos en todas sus ciudades, desde las torres de las atalayas hasta las ciudades fuertes

10 y se levantaran estatuas y bosques en todo collado alto, y debajo de todo árbol umbroso

11 y quemaran allí incienso en todos los lugares altos a la manera de los gentiles, los cuales el SEÑOR había traspuesto delante de ellos, e hicieron cosas muy malas para provocar a ira al SEÑOR