2 Kings 17:9

Modern English Version

The Israelites ascribed things to the Lord their God that were not so, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities from the watchtower to the fortified city.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:8

He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

Job 31:27

and my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand;

Psalm 78:58

For they provoked Him to anger with their high places and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.

Isaiah 29:15

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from the Lord and whose works are done in the dark, and they say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

Ezekiel 20:28

When I had brought them into the land for which I lifted up My hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill and all the leafy trees, and there they offered their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their sweet aroma and there poured out their drink offerings.

Ezekiel 8:12

Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

Hosea 12:11

In Gilead there is iniquity; surely they will come to nothing. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, so their altars will be like stone heaps in the furrows of the fields.

Deuteronomy 13:6

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or your beloved wife, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods,” which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers,

Deuteronomy 27:15

“Cursed is the man who makes any graven or molded image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place.” And all the people shall answer and say, “Amen.”

Deuteronomy 29:25

Then men will say, “Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.