2 Kings 17:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ Samaria fell because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the king of Egypt and had led them out of Egypt. They worshiped other gods, ⁸ followed the customs of the people whom the Lord had driven out as his people advanced, and adopted customs introduced by the kings of Israel.^{[a] 9} The Israelites did^[b] things that the Lord their God disapproved of. They built pagan places of worship in all their towns, from the smallest village to the largest city.