2 Kings 17:10

10 they set up for themselves pillars and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree;

2 Kings 17:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:10

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 ( Jeremiah 3:6 ) (See Gill on 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 ^F8.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Agreement of Customs between the East Indians and Jews, art. 5. p. 34.

2 Kings 17:10 In-Context

8 and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs that the kings of Israel had introduced.

9 The people of Israel secretly did things that were not right against the Lord their God. They built for themselves high places at all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city;

10 they set up for themselves pillars and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree;

11 there they made offerings on all the high places, as the nations did whom the Lord carried away before them. They did wicked things, provoking the Lord to anger;

12 they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, "You shall not do this."

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb [Asherim]