2 Kings 17:29

17:29 But each of these nations made ¹  its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria ²  had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.

2 Kings 17:32

17:32 At the same time they worshiped ³  the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. ⁴ 

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¹ sn The verb “make” refers to the production of idols. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 210-11.

² tn Heb “Samaritans.” This refers to the Israelites who had been deported from the land.

³ tn Heb “feared.”

⁴ tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”