KJV King James Version
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put [them] in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
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2 Kings 17:29
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put [them] in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
WEB World English Bible
However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.
ASV American Standard Version
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they are making each nation its gods, and place them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans have made, each nation in their cities where they are dwelling.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 17
26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put [them] in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
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וַיִּהְי֣וּH1961 · ha.yahto beעֹשִׂ֔יםH6213 · a.sahto make: doגּ֥וֹיH1471 · goynationגּ֖וֹיH1471 · goynationאֱלֹהָ֑יוH430 · e.lo.himGodוַיַּנִּ֣יחוּ׀H5117 · nu.achto restבְּבֵ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהַבָּמ֗וֹתH1116 · ba.mahhigh placeאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichעָשׂוּ֙H6213 · a.sahto make: doהַשֹּׁ֣מְרֹנִ֔יםH8118 · sho.m.ro.niSamaritanגּ֥וֹיH1471 · goynationגּוֹי֙H1471 · goynationבְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔םH5892 · irexcitementאֲשֶׁ֛רH834 · a.sherwhichהֵ֥םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)יֹשְׁבִ֖יםH3427 · ya.shavto dwellשָֽׁם׃H8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
1 Kings 12:31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.Micah 4:5For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.1 Kings 13:32For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which [are] in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.Romans 1:23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.Hosea 8:5-6Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long [will it be] ere they attain to innocency?Isaiah 44:9-20They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.Psalm 115:4-8Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.Jeremiah 10:3-5For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.Psalm 135:15-18The idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
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