John Gill Commentary 2 Kings 17:10

"and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;" — 2 Kings 17:10 (ASV)

And they set them up images and groves in every high hill,
and under every green tree .
] That is, statues and idols; for groves of trees could not be set under green trees; but they placed idols of stone, and of wood, as the latter were, in such places as Heathens were accustomed to do; see (Jeremiah 3:6) (See Gill on 1 Kings 14:23), so the Indians to this day have idols dispersed here and there in the fields, placed in little groves, or at the foot of some hill that casts a shadow ^F8 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F8: Agreement of Customs between the East Indians and Jews, art. 5. p. 34.