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2 Kings 17:9

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.

KJV

Et offenderunt filii Israël verbis non rectis Dominum Deum suum : et ædificaverunt sibi excelsa in cunctis urbibus suis, a turre custodum usque ad civitatem munitam.

Vulgate

καὶ ὅσοι ἠμφιέσαντο οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ λόγους οὐχ οὕτως κατὰ Κυρίου θεοῦ αὐτῶν· καὶ ὧν ᾠκοδόμησαν ἑαυτοῖς ὑψηλὰ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῶν, ἀπὸ πύργου φυλασσόντων ἕως πόλεως ὀχυρᾶς.

LXX

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;

ASV

וַ/יְחַפְּא֣וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל דְּבָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא כֵ֔ן עַל יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵי/הֶ֑ם וַ/יִּבְנ֨וּ לָ/הֶ֤ם בָּמוֹת֙ בְּ/כָל עָ֣רֵי/הֶ֔ם מִ/מִּגְדַּ֥ל נוֹצְרִ֖ים עַד עִ֥יר מִבְצָֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּמ֖וֹת
bmvt
noun · 104×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְחַפְּא֣וּ
ychp'v
verb · 1×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִבְצָֽר
mbtsr
noun · 37×
מִגְדַּל
mgdl
noun · 49×
נִי
ny
verb · 63×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages 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 18:8 — He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
  • 2Kgs 18:8 — He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
  • Hab 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.