2 Kings 17:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸ and they had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before them and that the kings of Israel had introduced.

⁹ The people of Israel secretly did what was wrong against the Lord, their God. They built high places for themselves in all of their cities, whether it be a simple watchtower or fortified city. ¹⁰ They set up pillars and Asherahs for themselves on every high hill and under every green tree.