And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
WEB
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
YLT
and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree,
DBT
And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC