2 Kings 17:10 BSB — MannaFest

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ	vai.ya.Tzi.vu	and they erected	H5324 →
לָהֶ֛ם	la.Hem	for themselves
מַצֵּב֖וֹת	ma.tze.Vot	sacred pillars	H4676 →
וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים	va.'a.she.Rim	and Asherah poles	H842 →
עַ֚ל	'al	on	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
גִּבְעָ֣ה	giv.'Ah	hill	H1389 →
גְבֹהָ֔ה	ge.vo.Hah	high	H1364 →
וְתַ֖חַת	ve.Ta.chat	and under	H8478 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
עֵ֥ץ	'etz	tree	H6086 →
רַעֲנָֽן׃	ra.'a.Nan	luxuriant	H7488 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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.
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 independent 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.
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.
leads to
- Exodus 34:13
  Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Kings 14:23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.Micah 5:14I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.Exodus 34:13Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.Deuteronomy 12:2–3Destroy 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.Deuteronomy 16:21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,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?Leviticus 26:1“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.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.Leviticus 17:5For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace to the LORD.

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