2 Kings 16:4
2 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 16
“And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.”2 Kings 16:4
What Does 2 Kings 16:4 Mean?
2 Kings 16:4 is found in the book of 2 Kings, chapter 16, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Sacrifice.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to 2 Kings 16:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 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:”2 Kings 17:10“And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:”1 Kings 14:23“For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.”2 Kings 14:4“Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.”Ezekiel 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 under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.”Leviticus 17:5“To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.”2 Chronicles 28:4“He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.”Isaiah 57:5“Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?”Isaiah 65:4“Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;”Isaiah 65:7“Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.”Isaiah 66:17“They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 17:2“Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.”Ezekiel 20:28“For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to 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: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.”
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