10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger:

12 For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

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10 They set up sacred stones(A) and Asherah poles(B) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(C) 11 At every high place they burned incense, as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that aroused the Lord’s anger. 12 They worshiped idols,(D) though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:12 Exodus 20:4,5

10 They set up for themselves (A)pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, 11 and there they made offerings on all the high places, as the nations did whom the Lord carried away before them. And they did wicked things, provoking the Lord to anger, 12 and they served idols, (B)of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.”

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