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29 Yet every nation was making their[a] gods, and they put them in the shrine of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they were living. 30 The men of Babylonia made Succoth Benoth; the men of Cush made Nergal; the men of Hamath made Ashima. 31 The Arvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; the Sepharvites were burning their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 Those who were fearing Yahweh made priests of the high places from among themselves,[b] and they were sacrificing for them in the shrines of the high places.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:29 Hebrew “his”
  2. 2 Kings 17:32 Literally “for them from their ends”