2 Kings 17:8-10

International Children’s Bible

⁸ They lived like the nations the Lord had forced out of the land ahead of them. They also lived as the evil kings had shown them. ⁹ They secretly sinned against the Lord their God. They built places in all their cities where false gods were worshiped. They built them everywhere from the watchtower to the strong, walled city. ¹⁰ They put up stone pillars for worshiping false gods. And they put up Asherah idols on every high hill and under every green tree.