For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
And they build--also they--for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree;
And they also built for themselves high places, and columns, and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
- Date
- Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile