2 Kings 17:8-10

New Century Version

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