2 Kings 17:12
Ver. 12. For they served idols,.... Baalim, as the Targum; dunghill gods, as the word signifies, as they are often called in Scripture; and Sterculius was one of the names of Saturn, an Heathen deity, which he had, as is supposed, by his finding out the method of making land fruitful with dung {i}:
whereof the Lord said unto them, ye shall not do this thing; see Ex 20:3.
{i} Vid. Macrob. l. 1. c. 7. Lactant. de fals. Relig. l. 1. c. 20.