2 Kings 17:9-12 ▼

9 The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against Yahweh their God; and they built high places for themselves in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

10 and they set up for themselves pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;

11 and there they burned incense in all the high places, as the nations whom Yahweh carried away before them did; and they did wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger;

12 and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”