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1 Kings 14:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For they also built them highb places, and γimages, and grovesc, on every high hill, andd under every green tree.

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Ezek. 16:24‑25• ²⁴that thou didst also build unto thee a place of debauchery, and didst make thee a high place in every street:
²⁵thou didst build thy high place at every head of the way, and madest thy beauty to be abhorred, and thou didst open thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiply thy whoredom. (Ezek. 16:24‑25)

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or, standing images, or, statues.

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2 Kings 17:9‑10• ⁹And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.
¹⁰And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree; (2 Kings 17:9‑10)

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Isa. 57:5• ⁵inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? (Isa. 57:5)

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Jer. 3:13• ¹³Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 3:13)

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built.

1 Kings 3:2• ²Only, the people sacrificed on the high places; for there was no house built to the name of Jehovah, until those days. (1 Kings 3:2)

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Deut. 12:2• ²Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall dispossess have served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree; (Deut. 12:2)

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Isa. 57:5• ⁵inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? (Isa. 57:5)

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Ezek. 16:24‑25• ²⁴that thou didst also build unto thee a place of debauchery, and didst make thee a high place in every street:
²⁵thou didst build thy high place at every head of the way, and madest thy beauty to be abhorred, and thou didst open thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiply thy whoredom. (Ezek. 16:24‑25)

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Ezek. 20:28‑29• ²⁸When I had brought them into the land which I had lifted up my hand to give unto them, then they saw every high hill and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; and there they placed their sweet savour, and there poured out their drink-offerings.
²⁹And I said unto them, What is the high place whither ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day. (Ezek. 20:28‑29)

images.

or, standing images, or statues.

Lev. 26:1• ¹Ye shall make yourselves no idols, neither rear you up for yourselves carved image, or statue, nor shall ye set up a figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it; for I am Jehovah your God. (Lev. 26:1)

groves.

Mic. 5:14• ¹⁴And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities. (Mic. 5:14)

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Deut. 12:2• ²Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall dispossess have served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree; (Deut. 12:2)

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2 Kings 17:9‑10• ⁹And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.
¹⁰And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree; (2 Kings 17:9‑10)

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2 Kings 21:3‑7• ³And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars to Baal and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
⁴And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
⁵And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.
⁶And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and used magic and divination, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
⁷And he set the graven image of the Asherah that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever; (2 Kings 21:3‑7)

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2 Chron. 28:4• ⁴And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. (2 Chron. 28:4)

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Jer. 17:2• ²whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherahs, by the green trees, upon the high hills. (Jer. 17:2)

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Isa. 57:5• ⁵inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? (Isa. 57:5)

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Jer. 3:13• ¹³Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 3:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they also built for themselves high places, and columnsa, and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "statues," see Lev. 26.1; Deut 7.5.