2 Kings 17:32-35

17:32 At the same time they worshiped ¹  the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. ²  17:33 They were worshiping ³  the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

17:34 To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship ⁴  the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave ⁵  the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel. 17:35 The Lord made an agreement ⁶  with them ⁷  and instructed them, “You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.

[17:32]  ¹ tn Heb “feared.”

[17:32]  ² 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.”

[17:33]  ³ tn Heb “fearing.”

[17:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “fear.”

[17:34]  ⁶ tn Heb “commanded.”

[17:35]  ⁷ tn Or “covenant.”

[17:35]  ⁸ sn That is, the descendants of Jacob/Israel (see v. 35b).