2 Kings 17:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. They built high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortified city.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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;

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and prouoked ye LORDE their God, and dyd secretly the thinges that were not righte in the sighte of ye LORDE their God: namely in that they buylded them hye places in all cities, both in castels and stronge cities,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the children of Israel had done secretly things that were not vpright before the Lorde their God, & throughout all their cities had built hie places, both from the tower of the watch, to the defensed citie,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the children of Israel went about to hide those thinges that were not wel from the Lorde their God: And they buylt them hygh places in all their cities, both in the towres where they kept watch, and also in the strong townes:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the children of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things which were not right, building high places for themselves in all their towns, from the tower of the watchmen to the walled town.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Israelites said things about the LORD their God that were not right. They built high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 18:8 : 8 He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
  • Job 31:27 : 27 and my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand offered them a kiss in worship,
  • Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each in the chamber of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’'
  • Hos 12:11 : 11 I spoke through the prophets and gave many visions; through the prophets, I used parables.
  • Deut 13:6 : 6 But that prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to lead you away from the path the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
  • Deut 27:15 : 15 Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Kgs 17:10-12
    3 verses
    81%

    10They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every leafy tree.

    11There, on all the high places, they burned incense as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that provoked the Lord to anger.

    12They served idols, about which the Lord had said to them, 'You shall not do this thing.'

  • 2 Kgs 17:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods.

    8They followed the practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the Israelites, as well as the practices of the kings of Israel that they themselves had introduced.

  • Jer 17:2
    76%

    2Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles beside the green trees on the high hills.

  • 1 Kgs 14:23
    75%

    23They also built for themselves high places, sacred stones, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.

  • Isa 17:9
    73%

    9In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places of the wooded heights and hilltops that were abandoned because of the Israelites, and there will be desolation.

  • Hos 8:14
    73%

    14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many cities. But I will send fire on their cities, and it will devour their strongholds.

  • 2 Kgs 17:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God. They made for themselves two cast idols in the form of calves, made an Asherah pole, worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

    17They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire, practiced divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
    72%

    19But even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God. They followed the practices of Israel as the Israelites had done.

  • Judg 3:7
    72%

    7The Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

  • Hos 10:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8The high places of wickedness will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel. Thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, 'Cover us!' and to the hills, 'Fall on us!

    9From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel, and there they have remained. Will not war overtake them in Gibeah because of their wickedness?

  • Judg 2:11
    72%

    11The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals.

  • Deut 17:4
    72%

    4and you are told about it and hear of it, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done in Israel,

  • 2 Kgs 17:22
    71%

    22The Israelites persisted in all the sins Jeroboam committed and did not turn away from them.

  • 2 Chr 21:11
    71%

    11Jehoram also built high places in the hills of Judah, leading the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness and causing Judah to stray.

  • 2 Kgs 17:29
    71%

    29But each nation made its own gods and set them up in the shrines of the high places that the Samaritans had made—each nation in the towns where they lived.

  • 2 Kgs 17:32
    71%

    32They feared the Lord, but they also appointed for themselves all sorts of priests for the high places, who made sacrifices for them in the shrines of the high places.

  • Jer 3:6
    71%

    6During the reign of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, "Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has prostituted herself there."

  • Jer 3:21
    71%

    21A voice is heard on the barren heights: the weeping and pleading of the people of Israel, because they have perverted their ways and have forgotten the LORD their God.

  • Isa 2:15
    70%

    15It will come against every high tower and every fortified wall.

  • Josh 7:11
    70%

    11Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, and they have put them with their own possessions.

  • 2 Kgs 15:35
    70%

    35However, the high places were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham built the upper gate of the temple of the LORD.

  • Jer 7:17
    70%

    17Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

  • 2 Chr 31:1
    70%

    1When all this had been completed, all the Israelites who were present went out to the towns of Judah and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished the high places and the altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them completely. Then all the Israelites returned to their own cities, each to their own property.

  • Judg 10:6
    70%

    6The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the LORD and did not serve Him.

  • 2 Chr 29:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6For our ancestors were unfaithful and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their backs on His dwelling place, and walked away.

    7They also shut the doors of the vestibule, extinguished the lamps, and did not burn incense or offer burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 17:34
    70%

    34To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They neither fear the Lord nor follow the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

  • Jer 5:11
    70%

    11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been thoroughly unfaithful to Me, declares the Lord.

  • Deut 17:2
    69%

    2If a man or woman in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you is found to have committed an evil act in the sight of the LORD your God, violating His covenant,

  • Hos 9:9
    69%

    9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.

  • Hos 10:2
    69%

    2Their hearts are divided; now they must bear their guilt. He will tear down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.

  • Jer 7:30
    69%

    30For the people of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my name to defile it.

  • Judg 8:34
    69%

    34The Israelites did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side.

  • 2 Kgs 23:19
    69%

    19Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger. He did to them just as he had done at Bethel.

  • Mic 1:5
    69%

    5All this is because of the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is Jacob’s transgression? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?

  • 2 Chr 33:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

    3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, set up altars to the Baals, made Asherah poles, and worshipped all the stars of the sky and served them.

  • 2 Kgs 23:13
    69%

    13The king also defiled the high places east of Jerusalem, on the south of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon, the king of Israel, had built for Ashtoreth, the detestable idol of the Sidonians, for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab, and for Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

  • Jer 32:30
    69%

    30For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have only done what is evil in My eyes since their youth. Indeed, the sons of Israel have only provoked Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.

  • Neh 9:2
    69%

    2The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, stood, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.

  • Judg 2:17
    69%

    17Yet they did not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. They turned quickly from the way their ancestors had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments. They did not do as their ancestors had done.

  • 2 Chr 33:17
    69%

    17However, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

  • Josh 22:23
    69%

    23If we have built an altar to turn away from following the LORD, or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings, or to offer fellowship sacrifices on it, may the LORD Himself call us to account.

  • Jer 11:13
    69%

    13For your gods, Judah, are as numerous as your cities; and the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal, are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 12:3
    69%

    3Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days that Jehoiada the priest instructed him.