2 Kings 17:10

10 They set up sacred stones and poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah on every high hill and under every large 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 lived by the customs of the nations that the LORD had forced out of the Israelites' way. They also did what their kings wanted them to do.

9 The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that weren't right: They built for themselves illegal places of worship in all of their cities, from the [smallest] watchtower to the [largest] fortified city.

10 They set up sacred stones and poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah on every high hill and under every large tree.

11 At all the illegal places of worship, they sacrificed in the same way as the nations that the LORD had removed from the land ahead of them. They did evil things and made the LORD furious.

12 They served idols, although the LORD had said, "Never do this."