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10 They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. 11 They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the Lord had driven away before them did. Their evil practices made the Lord angry.[a] 12 They worshiped[b] the disgusting idols[c] in blatant disregard of the Lord’s command.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:11 tn Heb “and they did evil things, angering the Lord.”
  2. 2 Kings 17:12 tn Or “served.”
  3. 2 Kings 17:12 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.
  4. 2 Kings 17:12 tn Heb “about which the Lord had said to them, ‘You must not do this thing.’”