2 Kings 17:8-10

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁸ And they walked according to the way of the nations which the Lord had destroyed in the sight of the children of Israel and of the kings of Israel: because they had done in like manner.

⁹ And the children of Israel offended the Lord their God with things that were not right: and built them high places in all their cities from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

¹⁰ And they made them statues and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree: