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Now ^(j)this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, ^(k)who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, ^(l)and they had ^[a]feared other gods

and ^(m)walked in the ^[b]customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs ⁽ⁿ⁾of the kings of Israel which they had ^[c]introduced.

The sons of Israel ^[d]did things secretly which were not right against the Lord their God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from ^(o)watchtower to fortified city.