2 Kings 17:9 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 17:9

And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

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ASV

And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

WEB

The 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.

YLT

and the sons of Israel do covertly things that are not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city,

DBT

And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah theirGod things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.

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2 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

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2 Kings 18:8
He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
Habakkuk 2:1
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
1 Kings 14:23
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
Hosea 12:11
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Job 31:27
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

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So wedded were they to their evil practices that when they could not do them publicly, could not for shame or could not for fear, they would do them secretly--an evidence of their atheism, that they thought what was done in secret was from under the eye of God himself and would not be required.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

If in any place there was but the tower of the watchmen (a country tower that had no walls, but only a tower to shelter the watch in time of danger), or but a lodge for shepherds, it must be honoured with a high place, and that with an altar. If there was a fenced city, it must be further fortified with a high place.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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