2 Kings 17:32

Translations

Modern

So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.

Traditional

So they feared the Lord, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

Literal

And they feared YHWH, and they made for themselves from every class priests of the high places, and they were acting for them in the shrines of the high places.

Latin

…et nihilominus colebant Dominum. Fecerunt autem sibi de novissimis sacerdotes excelsorum, et ponebant eos in fanis sublimibus.

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Hebrew

English

So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.

Notes

2 Kings 17:32–34

They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods: The Hebrew faith, already mixed with Jeroboam I's religion, now included many foreign customs. Genuine worship of the Lord nearly vanished. Only a few faithful Israelites responded to Hezekiah’s later invitation to come to Judah for the Passover celebration (2 Chronicles 30:10–19).

2 Kings 17:24–41

The writer adds information about later events in Israel, like foreigners moving into the land and the mixed population's blended religious practices.

Theme notes and profiles

Arameans Assyria Samaritans

Related verses

1 Kings 12:31
Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
2 Kings 17:29
Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
1 Kings 13:33
Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
2 Kings 23:19
Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
Zephaniah 1:5
…those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
1 Kings 13:31
After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,

Glossary

Book of Micah Jeroboam Kings, Books of First and Second Manasseh, Tribe of Nations Samaritans Syria, Syrians

Topics

Babylon: Empire of Colonists From, Sent to Samaria Judgments: Delivered: Into the Hands of the Assyrians Priests: Made of the Lowest of the People by Jeroboam and Others Rulers: Wicked: Exalting Debased Persons to the Priesthood Samaria: Country of: Foreign Colonies Distributed Among the Cities of, by the King of Assyria The Jews: Taken Captive to Assyria and Babylon

2 Kings 17:32

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