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2 Kings 17:29

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17:29But each of these nations made50 its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria51 had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.

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Footnotes

  1. 50 The verb “make” refers to the production of idols. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (), .
  2. 51 Heb “Samaritans.” This refers to the Israelites who had been deported from the land.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But every nation still made gods of its own and put them in the shrines of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities in which they lived.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Nevertheless, each national group made its own gods in the several towns where they settled, and set them up in the shrines the people of Samaria had made at the high places.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the people of each nation were still making their own gods in the cities where they lived and putting them in the shrines of the high places that the people of Samaria had made.

NLTNew Living Translation

But these various groups of foreigners also continued to worship their own gods. In town after town where they lived, they placed their idols at the pagan shrines that the people of Samaria had built.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yet every nation was making their 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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.