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id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_kings/17.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />They worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed all sorts of their own people to officiate for them as priests in the shrines at the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />These new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests to offer sacrifices at their places of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They also feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So they feared the LORD, and from every class they appointed for themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They also feared the LORD and appointed from their entire population priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They also feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />They also feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They were also fearing Yahweh and appointed from among all of themselves priests of the high places, and they were acting for them in the houses of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They also feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They feared the LORD, but they also made from their ranks priests for the high places, who were working for them at the shrines of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They feared the LORD, but they also appointed from their number priests to serve them in the shrines of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So they feared Jehovah, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So they feared the LORD, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So while these people were worshiping the LORD, they also appointed all kinds of people to serve as priests for the shrines at their illegal places of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />These people also worshiped the LORD and chose from among their own number all sorts of people to serve as priests at the pagan places of worship and to offer sacrifices for them there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Because they feared the LORD, they also appointed from among themselves priests for the high places who acted on their behalf in the temples on the high places. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />At the same time they worshiped the LORD. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And they worshiped the LORD, yet they established their abominations in the houses of the high places which they made in Samaria, each nation in the city in which they dwelt. And they worshiped the LORD, yet appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So they feared the LORD, and made to themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So they feared Yahweh, and also made from among themselves priests of the high places for themselves, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they are fearing YHWH, and make for themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are working for them in the house of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they are fearing Jehovah, and make to themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are acting for them in the house of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will be fearing Jehovah, and make to them priests of their ends upon the heights, and they will be doing to them in the houses of the heights.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And nevertheless they worshipped the Lord. And they made to themselves, of the lowest of the people, priests of the high places, and they placed them in the temples of the high places. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But nevertheless, they worshipped the Lord. Then they made for themselves, from the least of the people, priests of the high places. And they placed them in the shrines of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />At the same time, they were venerating the LORD, appointing from their own number priests for the high places to officiate for them in the shrines on the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They also worshiped the LORD and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So they worshipped the LORD, and made for themselves of their own people priests of the high places, who served for them in the houses of idols on the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they were worshiping LORD JEHOVAH and made some of them Priests of the high places for themselves, and they were serving them in a house of high places.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So they feared the LORD, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they feared the Lord, yet they established their abominations in the houses of the high places which they made in Samaria, each nation in the city in which they dwelt: and they feared the Lord, and they made for themselves priests of the high places, and sacrificed for themselves in the house of the high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/17-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=6052" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/17.htm">Israel's Cities Resettled by Foreigners</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·yih·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">So</a> <a href="/hebrew/3373.htm" title="3373: yə·rê·’îm (Adj-mp) -- Fearing, reverent. From yare'; fearing; morally, reverent.">the new residents worshiped</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘ă·śū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">but they also appointed</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">for themselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: kō·hă·nê (N-mpc) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/7098.htm" title="7098: miq·ṣō·w·ṯām (Prep-m:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- An end. Feminine of qatseh; a termination.">of all sorts</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to serve</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇêṯ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in the shrines</a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: hab·bā·mō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: ḇā·mō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">of the high places.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·yih·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33</a></span><br />They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">2 Kings 17:41</a></span><br />So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-34.htm">2 Kings 17:34</a></span><br />To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-40.htm">2 Kings 17:40</a></span><br />But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-29.htm">2 Kings 17:29-31</a></span><br />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. / The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima, / the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-35.htm">2 Kings 17:35-39</a></span><br />For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them. / Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him. / And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-28.htm">2 Kings 17:28</a></span><br />Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-24.htm">2 Kings 17:24-27</a></span><br />Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns. / Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them. / So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm">1 Kings 18:21</a></span><br />Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-33</a></span><br />After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-17.htm">2 Chronicles 33:17</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a></span><br />‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-7</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-22.htm">John 4:22</a></span><br />You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So they feared the LORD, and made to themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.</p><p class="hdg">made unto themselves</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">1 Kings 12:31</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">1 Kings 13:33</a></b></br> After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became <i>one</i> of the priests of the high places.</p><p class="hdg">the houses</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-29.htm">2 Kings 17:29</a></b></br> Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put <i>them</i> in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/23-19.htm">2 Kings 23:19</a></b></br> And all the houses also of the high places that <i>were</i> in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke <i>the LORD</i> to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/13-31.htm">1 Kings 13:31</a></b></br> And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God <i>is</i> buried; lay my bones beside his bones:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/12-15.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-21.htm">Acting</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-11.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">Classes</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">Extremities</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">Feared</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-7.htm">Fearing</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-29.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-21.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-29.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">Lowest</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-11.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-29.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-28.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-31.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-29.htm">Shrines</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">Sorts</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-29.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Worshiped</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-10.htm">Worshipping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-7.htm">Acting</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-14.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-5.htm">Classes</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-9.htm">Extremities</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">Feared</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">Fearing</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-15.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-13.htm">Lowest</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-17.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-35.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-2.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-26.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-36.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-14.htm">Shrines</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-33.htm">Sorts</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-2.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">Worshiped</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-37.htm">Worshipping</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-1.htm">Hoshea the Last King of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-3.htm">Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-5.htm">Samaria for sinning is led into captivity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-24.htm">The strange nations transplanted into Samaria make a mixture of religions.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "feared" (יָרֵא, yare) encompasses reverence, awe, and respect, but also implies a recognition of God's power and authority. In the context of ancient Israel, fearing the LORD was foundational to the covenant relationship between God and His people. This fear was meant to lead to obedience and worship according to God's commandments. However, in this verse, the fear is superficial, as it is not accompanied by exclusive devotion.<p><b>but they also appointed for themselves priests</b><br />The act of appointing priests "for themselves" indicates a deviation from the divinely ordained Levitical priesthood. In the Hebrew context, the priesthood was not a matter of personal or communal choice but was established by God through the line of Aaron. This self-appointment reflects a syncretistic approach to worship, where the people sought to blend the worship of Yahweh with local customs and practices, contrary to the exclusive worship God demanded.<p><b>from all sorts of people</b><br />The phrase "from all sorts of people" suggests a disregard for the qualifications and lineage required for priesthood as outlined in the Torah. The Hebrew term used here implies a random selection, highlighting the people's indifference to God's specific instructions regarding who could serve as a priest. This action symbolizes a broader spiritual decline and a move away from the covenantal standards set by God.<p><b>to officiate for them at the high places</b><br />"High places" (בָּמוֹת, bamot) were elevated sites often used for worship in ancient Near Eastern cultures. While some high places were initially used for legitimate worship, they became associated with idolatrous practices. The use of high places for worship was explicitly condemned in the Hebrew Scriptures, as it often led to syncretism and idolatry. The people's choice to use these sites, despite fearing the LORD, underscores their divided loyalties and incomplete obedience.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) <span class= "bld">They feared.</span>--<span class= "ital">They were fearing.</span> (See Note on <a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm" title="And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.">2Kings 17:25</a>; <a href="/2_kings/17-28.htm" title="Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelled in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.">2Kings 17:28</a>, <span class= "ital">supra.</span>)<p><span class= "bld">Of the lowest of them.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">of all orders,</span> or <span class= "ital">promiscuously.</span> (Comp. <a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm" title="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.">1Kings 12:31</a>.) This is another indication that it was <span class= "ital">Jeroboam's</span> mode of worship which was now restored.<p><span class= "bld">Which sacrificed.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">and they used to do.</span> The verb <span class= "ital">do</span> is used in the sense of <span class= "ital">sacra facere,</span> just like the Greek <span class= "ital">-</span> <span class= "greekheb">?????? ?????? ??????</span>.<p><span class= "bld">Priests of the high places.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">b?m?h-priests</span> (omit <span class= "ital">the</span>)<span class= "ital">.</span> Bamah-priests are opposed to the priests of Jehovah's Temple.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">So they feared the Lord</span> - rather, <span class="accented">and they</span> (<span class="accented">also</span>) <span class="accented">honored Jehovah</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> with their idolatrous worship they combined also the worship of Jehovah (comp. ver. 28) - <span class="cmt_word">and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places</span> <span class="accented">- i.e.</span>, followed the example of Jeroboam in taking for priests persons of all ranks, even the lowest (see the comment on 1 Kings 12:31) - <span class="cmt_word">which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places</span> (comp. ver. 29). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/17-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּהְי֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yih·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the new residents] worshiped</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרֵאִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rê·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3372.htm">Strong's 3372: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but they also appointed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for themselves</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">priests</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּהֲנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kō·hă·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of all sorts</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקְצוֹתָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(miq·ṣō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7098.htm">Strong's 7098: </a> </span><span class="str2">A termination </span><br /><br /><span class="word">to serve</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹשִׂ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the shrines</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֵ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the high places.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָמ֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/17-32.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 17:32 So they feared Yahweh and made (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/17-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 17:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 17:33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>