2 Kings 17:7-9

International Children’s Bible

Israelites Punished for Sin

⁷ All these things happened because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God. He had brought them out of Egypt. He had rescued them from the power of the king of Egypt. But the Israelites had honored other gods. ⁸ They lived like the nations the Lord had forced out of the land ahead of them. They also lived as the evil kings had shown them. ⁹ They secretly sinned against the Lord their God. They built places in all their cities where false gods were worshiped. They built them everywhere from the watchtower to the strong, walled city.