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2 Kings 17:7-9
English Standard Version
2 Kings 17:7-9
English Standard Version
Exile Because of Idolatry
7 And this occurred because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, (A)who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods 8 (B)and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, (C)and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced. 9 And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, (D)from watchtower to fortified city.
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