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1 Kings 14:23

They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

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ASV

For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;

KJV

For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּבְנ֨וּvai.yiv.Nuand they builtH1129 →
גַם־gam-alsoH1571 →
הֵ֧מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992 →
לָהֶ֛םla.Hemfor themselves
בָּמ֥וֹתba.Mothigh placesH1116 →
וּמַצֵּב֖וֹתu.ma.tze.Votand sacred pillarsH4676 →
וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑יםva.'a.she.Rimand Asherah polesH842 →
עַ֚ל'alonH5921 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
גִּבְעָ֣הgiv.'AhhillH1389 →
גְבֹהָ֔הge.vo.HahhighH1364 →
וְתַ֖חַתve.Ta.chatand underH8478 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
עֵ֥ץ'etztreeH6086 →
רַעֲנָֽן׃ra.'a.NanluxuriantH7488 →

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Deuteronomy 12:2Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.Isaiah 57:5who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?2 Kings 17:10They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.1 Kings 20:23Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.2 Kings 10:26They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.2 Kings 17:16They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.Hosea 10:1Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.Ezekiel 6:13Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.Ezekiel 16:24–25you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.2 Kings 17:9–10The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.2 Chronicles 24:18They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.Deuteronomy 16:22and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.2 Kings 21:3–7For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.1 Kings 3:2The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.Ezekiel 20:28–29When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.

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