and (A)walked in the [a]customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs (B)of the kings of Israel which they had [b]introduced. The sons of Israel [c]did things secretly which were not right against the Lord their God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from (C)watchtower to fortified city. 10 (D)They set for themselves sacred pillars and [d](E)Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:8 Lit statutes
  2. 2 Kings 17:8 Lit made
  3. 2 Kings 17:9 Or uttered words which
  4. 2 Kings 17:10 I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity