2 Kings 17:10-12

Contemporary English Version

^10 (A) They also built stone images of foreign gods and set up sacred poles^[a] for the worship of Asherah on every hill and under every shady tree. ¹¹ They offered sacrifices at the shrines,^[b] just as the foreign nations had done before the Lord forced them out of Israel. They did sinful things that made the Lord very angry.

¹² Even though the Lord had commanded the Israelites not to worship idols,^[c] they did it anyway.