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2 Kings 16:4

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

KJV

Immolabat quoque victimas, et adolebat incensum in excelsis, et in collibus, et sub omni ligno frondoso.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐθυσίαζεν καὶ ἐθυμία ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βουνῶν καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου ἀλσώδους.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יְזַבֵּ֧חַ וַ/יְקַטֵּ֛ר בַּ/בָּמ֖וֹת וְ/עַל הַ/גְּבָע֑וֹת וְ/תַ֖חַת כָּל עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּמ֖וֹת
bmvt
noun · 104×
גְּבָע֖וֹת
gb'vt
noun · 70×
ו
v
noun · 505×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
mzbchym
verb · 132×
מְקַטְּרִ֖ים
mqtrym
verb · 117×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רַעֲנָֽן
r'nn
verb · 19×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 14:23 — For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
  • 2Kgs 14:4 — Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
  • 2Kgs 17:10 — And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
  • Deut 12:2 — Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
  • Deut 12:2 — Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
  • Ezek 6:13 — Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and