and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
KJV
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
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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 wont to do; see
Jer 3:6
; see Gill on
Kg1 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 (h).
(h) Agreement of Customs between the East Indians and Jews, art. 5. p. 34.
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