Text -- 2 Kings 17:29 (NET)

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

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Ki 17:29

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.