2 Kings 17:10

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיַּצִּ֧בוּand they erected

  vaiyatzivuH5324 →

• לָהֶ֛םfor themselves

  lahem

• מַצֵּב֖וֹתsacred pillars

  matzevotH4676 →32 times

• וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑יםand Asherah poles

  vaasherimH842 →40 times

• עַ֚לon

  ʾalH5921 →5755 times

• כָּל־every

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• גִּבְעָ֣הhill

  givahH1389 →

• גְבֹהָ֔הhigh

  gevohahH1364 →

• וְתַ֖חַתand under

  vetachatH8478 →505 times

• כָּל־every

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• עֵ֥ץtree

  ʾetzH6086 →328 times

• רַעֲנָֽן׃luxuriant

  raananH7488 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  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.

  it leads to

  • Deuteronomy 12:2

    Destroy 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.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Isaiah 57:5

    who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

• Through

  Exodus 34:13

  Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

  it leads to

  • 2 Kings 18:4

    He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites…

  • Deuteronomy 7:25–26

    You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it…

  • Deuteronomy 7:5

    Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.

  • Exodus 23:24

    You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

  • Deuteronomy 12:2–3

    Destroy 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.

• Through

  Micah 5:14

  I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.

  it leads to

  • Exodus 34:13

    Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.