2 Kings 17:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They also built stone images of foreign gods and set up sacred poles for the worship of Asherah on every hill and under every shady tree.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

They also built their own local shrines and stone images of foreign gods, and they set up sacred poles for worshipping the goddess Asherah on every hill and in the shade of large trees.

2 Kings 16:4

Ahaz offered sacrifices at the local shrines, as well as on every hill and in the shade of large trees.

2 Kings 17:11

They offered sacrifices at the shrines, just as the foreign nations had done before the LORD forced them out of Israel. They did sinful things that made the LORD very angry.

Exodus 34:12

Don't make treaties with any of those people. If you do, it will be like falling into a trap.

Exodus 34:13

Instead, you must destroy their altars and tear down the sacred poles they use in the worship of the goddess Asherah.

Isaiah 2:8

Everywhere in the country they worship the idols they have made.

Isaiah 57:5

All you think about is sex under those green trees where idols are worshipped. You sacrifice your children on altars built in valleys under rocky slopes.

Jeremiah 3:6

When Josiah was king, the LORD said: Jeremiah, the kingdom of Israel was like an unfaithful wife who became a prostitute on the hilltops and in the shade of large trees.

Ezekiel 20:28

by offering sacrifices, incense, and wine to gods on every hill and under every large tree. I was very angry, because they did these things in the land I had given them!

Leviticus 26:1

I am the LORD your God! So don't make or worship any sort of idols or images.

Micah 5:14

together with the sacred poles and even your towns.

Deuteronomy 16:21

When you build the altar for offering sacrifices to the LORD your God, don't set up a sacred pole for the worship of the goddess Asherah.

Deuteronomy 16:22

And don't set up a sacred stone! The LORD hates these things.