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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 17:29 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 17:29 |
King James |
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Howbeit every nation made gods of their own--These Assyrian colonists, however, though instructed in the worship, and acknowledging the being of the God of Israel, did not suppose Him to be the only God. Like other heathens, they combined His worship with that of their own gods; and as they formed a promiscuous society from different nations or provinces, a variety of idols was acknowledged among them. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The "Samaritans" here are the Israelites. The temples built by them at the high places Kg1 12:31; Kg1 13:32 had remained standing at the time of their departure. They were now occupied by the new-comers, who set up their own worship in the old sanctuaries. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Every nation made gods of their own - That is, they made gods after the fashion of those which they had worshipped in their own country. |
32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.