2 Kings 17:9

and [in those] of the children of Israel as many as secretly practised customs, not as [they should have done], against the Lord their God:

And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against Yahweh their God; and they built high places for themselves in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;