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2 Kings 17:29

Praise and worship

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”

28 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.

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.

30 The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of the Sepharvaim.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
However 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 in which they lived.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they dwelt.
BLB
And they were making, each nation its gods, and they set them up in the shrines of the high places that the Samaritans had made—each nation in the cities where they dwelt there.
ÅB
Hvert folk gjorde seg sine gudebilder og satte dem i husene på de hauger som Samarias innbyggere hadde gjort - hvert folk i de byer hvor de bodde.
OTB
Men hver nasjon laget seg fortsatt sine egne guder og satte dem i husene på de høye stedene som folket i Samaria hadde laget, hver nasjon i sine byer hvor de bodde.
B1930
Hvert folk gjorde sig sine gudebilleder og satte dem i husene på de hauger som Samarias innbyggere hadde gjort - hvert folk i de byer hvor de bodde.

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