2 Kings 17:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“and the sons of Israel do covertly things that <FI>are<Fi> 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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Kings 17:9 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 13:6If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
- Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 2 Kings 18:8He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
- Job 31:27so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
- Psalms 78:58They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
- Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
- Ezekiel 8:12“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
- Ezekiel 20:28When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.
- Hosea 12:11Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
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