2 Kings 17:28

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.

2 Kings 17:32

17:32 At the same time they worshiped ³  the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. ⁴ 

2 Kings 17:34

17:34 To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship ⁵  the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave ⁶  the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.

2 Kings 17:41

17:41 These nations are worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day.

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

[17:28]  ² tn Heb “fear.”

[17:32]  ³ tn Heb “feared.”

[17:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”

[17:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “fear.”

[17:34]  ⁶ tn Heb “commanded.”