2 Kings 17:28-29

17:28 So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. ¹  He taught them how to worship ²  the Lord.

17:29 But each of these nations made ³  its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria ⁴  had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.

[17:28]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[17:28]  ² tn Heb “fear.”

[17:29]  ³ sn The verb “make” refers to the production of idols. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 210-11.

[17:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “Samaritans.” This refers to the Israelites who had been deported from the land.