2 Kings 17:8-10

Good News Translation

⁸ followed the customs of the people whom the Lord had driven out as his people advanced, and adopted customs introduced by the kings of Israel.^{[a] 9} The Israelites did^[b] things that the Lord their God disapproved of. They built pagan places of worship in all their towns, from the smallest village to the largest city. ^10 (A)On all the hills and under every shady tree they put up stone pillars and images of the goddess Asherah,