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2 Kings 16

2 Kings 16:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he sacrificed
zabach (Hebrew #2076)
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
KJV usage: kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
Pronounce: zaw-bakh'
Origin: a primitive root
and burnt incense
qatar (Hebrew #6999)
to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
KJV usage: burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).
Pronounce: kaw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 7000 through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants)
in the high places
bamah (Hebrew #1116)
an elevation
KJV usage: height, high place, wave.
Pronounce: bam-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be high)
, andg on the hills
gib`ah (Hebrew #1389)
a hillock
KJV usage: hill, little hill.
Pronounce: ghib-aw'
Origin: feminine from the same as 1387
, and under every green
ra`anan (Hebrew #7488)
verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous
KJV usage: green, flourishing.
Pronounce: rah-an-awn'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be green
tree
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
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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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1 Kings 14:23• 23And they also built for themselves high places, and columns, and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree; (1 Kings 14:23)

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High Place,
Incense,
Sacrifice

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Ministry on This Verse

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on the hills.
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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1 Kings 14:23• 23And they also built for themselves high places, and columns, and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree; (1 Kings 14:23)
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Isa. 57:5‑7• 5inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
 6Among the smooth stones of the torrent is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured out a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be comforted myself as to these things?
 7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice. (Isa. 57:5‑7)
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Isa. 65:4• 4who sit down among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; (Isa. 65:4)
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Isa. 66:17• 17They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one in the midst; that eat swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall perish together, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 66:17)
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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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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)
• (2 Chron. 28:2). His predecessors had never abolished the high places, and had allowed the people to burn incense there without themselves joining in this idolatry. (“Ahaz, King of Judah: 2 Kings 16” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.