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2 Kings 17:10 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" and they set up for themselves pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree; "
2 Kings 17:10
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8 and walked in the statutes of the nations whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
9 The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against the LORD their God; and they built high places for themselves in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
10 and they set up for themselves pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
11 and there they burned incense in all the high places, as the nations whom the LORD carried away before them did; and they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger;
12 and they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
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2 Kings 17:1
"In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years."
2 Kings 17:2
"He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him."
2 Kings 17:3
"Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute."
2 Kings 17:4
"The king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria seized him, and bound him in prison."
2 Kings 17:5
"Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years."
2 Kings 17:6
"In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes."
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