Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Destroy all the places in which the nations, that you shall possess, worshipped their gods upon high mountains, and hills, and under every shady tree: utterly Deuteronomy 7:5,25,26 But thus rather shall you deal with them: Destroy their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven things. . . . Exodus 23:24 Thou shalt not adore their gods, nor serve them. Thou shalt not do their works, but shalt destroy them, and break their statues. Exodus 34:12-17 Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin: . . . Numbers 33:51,52 Command the children of Israel, and say to them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan, entering into the land of Chanaan, . . . Judges 2:2 On condition that you should not make a league with the inhabitants of this land, but should throw down their altars: and you would not hear my voice: why have you done this? posses. Numbers 22:41 And when morning was come, he brought him to the high places of Baal, and he beheld the uttermost part of the people. 2 Kings 16:4 He sacrificed also, and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 2 Kings 17:10,11 And they made them statues and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree: . . . 2 Kings 23:13 The high places also that were at Jerusalem, on the right side of the Mount of Offence, which Solomon, king of Israel, had built to Astaroth, the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chamos, the scandal of Moab, and to Melchom, the abomination of the children of Ammon, the king defiled. Jeremiah 3:6 And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hath done? she hath gone of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there. Ezekiel 20:28,29 And I had brought them into the land, for which I lifted up my hand to give it them: they saw every high hill, and every shady tree, and there they sacrificed their victims: and there they presented the provocation of their offerings, and there they set their sweet odours, and poured forth their libations. . . . Hosea 4:13 They offered sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burnt incense upon the hills: under the oak, and the poplar, and the turpentine tree, because the shadow thereof was good: therefore shall your daughters commit fornication, and your spouses shall be adulteresses. Context One Place for Worship1These are the precepts and judgments, that you must do in the land, which the Lord the God of thy fathers will give thee, to possess it all the days that thou shalt walk upon the earth. 2Destroy all the places in which the nations, that you shall possess, worshipped their gods upon high mountains, and hills, and under every shady tree:3Overthrow their altars, and break down their statues, burn their groves with fire, and break their idols in pieces: destroy their names out of those places.… Cross References 1 Kings 3:2 But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: for there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day. 1 Kings 14:23 For they also built them altars, and statues, and groves, upon every high hill, and under every green tree: 2 Kings 11:18 And all the people of the land went into the temple of Baal, and broke down his altars, and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly: they slew also Mathan the priest of Baal before the altar. And the priest set guards in the house of the Lord. 2 Kings 16:4 He sacrificed also, and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 2 Kings 17:10 And they made them statues and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree: 2 Kings 17:11 And they burnt incense there upon altars, after the manner of the nations which the Lord had removed from their face: and they did wicked things, provoking the Lord. Isaiah 36:7 But if thou wilt answer me: We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he whose high places and altars Ezechias hath taken away, and hath said to Juda and Jerusalem: You shall worship before this altar? Jeremiah 2:20 Of old time thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and thou saidst: I will not serve. For on every high hill, and under every green tree thou didst prostitute thyself. Jeremiah 3:2 Lift up thy eyes on high: and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself: thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications, and with thy wickedness. Jeremiah 3:13 But yet acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith the Lord. Lexicon Destroy completelyאַבֵּ֣ד (’ab·bêḏ) Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the places הַמְּקֹמ֞וֹת (ham·mə·qō·mō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition where אֲשֶׁ֧ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the nations הַגּוֹיִ֗ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts you אַתֶּ֛ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are dispossessing יֹרְשִׁ֥ים (yō·rə·šîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin have served עָֽבְדוּ־ (‘ā·ḇə·ḏū-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave their gods— אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative atop עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the high הָֽרָמִים֙ (hā·rā·mîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise mountains, הֶהָרִ֤ים (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country on וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the hills, הַגְּבָע֔וֹת (hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 1389: A hillock and under וְתַ֖חַת (wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every green רַעֲנָן׃ (ra·‘ă·nān) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7488: Verdant, new, prosperous tree. עֵ֥ץ (‘êṣ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood Additional Translations Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.You shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which you shall possess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree: Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: Ye shall utterly destroy all the places in which they served their gods, whose land ye inherit, on the high mountains and on the hills, and under the thick tree. Ye 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; Ye shall surely 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: Ye shall utterly destroy all the places in which the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree: ye do utterly destroy all the places where the nations which ye are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the heights, and under every green tree; Jump to Previous Completely Curse Destroy Dispossess Dispossessing High Hills Leafy Mountains Nations Places Possess Served Spreading Surely Tree Utterly Wherein WorshipJump to Next Completely Curse Destroy Dispossess Dispossessing High Hills Leafy Mountains Nations Places Possess Served Spreading Surely Tree Utterly Wherein WorshipExternal Links Deuteronomy 12:2 NIVDeuteronomy 12:2 NLT Deuteronomy 12:2 ESV Deuteronomy 12:2 NASB Deuteronomy 12:2 ASV Deuteronomy 12:2 Bible Apps Deuteronomy 12:2 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 12:2 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 12:2 French Bible Deuteronomy 12:2 German Bible Alphabetical: all and are completely Destroy dispossess dispossessing every gods green high hills mountains nations on places serve shall spreading the their tree under utterly where whom worship you OT Law: Deuteronomy 12:2 You shall surely destroy all the places (Deut. 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