2 Kings 17:11 meaning and explanation
They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
2 Kings 17:11, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
The narrator is explaining why the northern kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria. After describing the high places, sacred pillars and Asherah poles the people set up, he adds that they burned incense at those shrines just as the Canaanite nations had done before them.
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