2 Kings 17:10 Meaning and Explanation
“And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does 2 Kings 17:10 Mean?
The text names the furniture of false worship: standing images and groves, sacred poles dedicated to pagan deities, set up on every high hill and under every green tree. These were the favored sites of the fertility cults of the land. The phrase paints a country dotted with shrines to gods that were no gods.
What fills the high places of a life reveals what it truly worships. Israel scattered its devotion across countless hills and never gave its whole heart to the Lord. Divided worship is no worship; the first commandment asks for all of us. The God who made the hills and the trees will not share His glory with the things He made.
2 Kings 17:10 in the Original Language
'asherah (אֲשֵׁרָה), 'grove' -- a wooden pole or sacred tree set up for a pagan goddess.
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What does 2 Kings 17:10 mean?
They erected sacred pillars and poles for pagan worship on every hill and under every spreading tree.