2 Kings 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.

Ps 115:4-8; Ps 135:15-18; Isa 44:9-20; Jer 10:3-5; Ho 8:5,6; Mic 4:5; Ro 1:23

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.