¹⁸ Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head and set it up as a marker. He poured oil on top of it

²² and do not set up a sacred pillar; the Lord your God hates them.^(A)

¹² Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but it was reported to Samuel, “Saul went to Carmel^(A) where he set up a monument for himself. Then he turned around and went down to Gilgal.”^(B)

⁴ He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.^(A) He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made,^(B) for until then the Israelites were burning incense to it. It was called Nehushtan.^[a]