2 Kings 17:8-10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁸ and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the people of Israel and in the customs that the kings of Israel had introduced.^{[a](A) 9} The people of Israel did^[b] things that were not right against the Lord their God. They built for themselves high places at all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city;^{(B) 10} they set up for themselves pillars and sacred poles^[c] on every high hill and under every green tree;^(C)