2 Kings 17:8-10

EasyEnglish Bible

⁸ They did the same bad things that the nations that lived in Canaan did. The Lord had chased those nations out of Canaan so that the Israelites could live there. The Israelites copied the bad things that the kings of Israel were doing. ⁹ They secretly did things that the Lord their God said were not right. In all their towns, they built altars to worship false gods. They built them everywhere, in small villages and in strong cities. ¹⁰ They put up stone pillars and Asherah poles to worship their gods. They put them on top of all the high hills and under all the big trees.