10 And (A)they set up for themselves memorial stones and [a](B)Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, 11 and there they burned incense on all the high places as the nations did that the Lord had taken into exile before them; and they did evil things, provoking the Lord. 12 They served idols, (C)concerning which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”

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  1. 2 Kings 17:10 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)

10 They set up sacred stones(A) and Asherah poles(B) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(C) 11 At every high place they burned incense, as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that aroused the Lord’s anger. 12 They worshiped idols,(D) though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”[a]

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  1. 2 Kings 17:12 Exodus 20:4,5