2 Kings 17:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 17:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 17:11 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrou..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 17:11 — KJV
“And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:”
— 2 Kings 17:11 (KJV)
2 Kings 17:11 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 17:11
“Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. burnt...: or, offered sacrifice”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:11: burnt, incense, heathen
“And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. to burn: or, to offer”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:11: incense, high, places
“And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:11: high, places, lord
“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:11: lord, before, wicked
“Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:11: lord, away, before
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