2 Kings 17:9-11

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁹ The Israelites secretly did what was not right^[a] against the Lord their God. They built high places in all their towns from watchtower^(A) to fortified city. ¹⁰ They set up for themselves sacred pillars^(B) and Asherah poles^(C) on every high hill and under every green tree.^{(D) 11} They burned incense on all the high places just like those nations that the Lord had driven out before them. They did evil things, provoking the Lord.