2 Kings 17:32

32 So the people of Samaria worshiped the Lord. But they also appointed all kinds of their own people to serve them as priests. The priests served in the small temples at the high places.

2 Kings 17:32 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:32

So they feared the Lord
Worshipped the God of Israel in the manner they were taught:

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;
these were made after the manner of Jeroboam's priests, ( 1 Kings 12:31 ) , and were to sacrifice to the God of Israel in the high places, and temples built there; for otherwise they had, no doubt, priests of their own to sacrifice to their gods, and which they brought with them.

2 Kings 17:32 In-Context

30 The people from Babylon made statues of the god Succoth Benoth. Those from Cuthah made statues of Nergal. Those from Hamath made statues of Ashima.

31 The Avvites made statues of Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites sacrificed their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech. They were the gods of Sepharvaim.

32 So the people of Samaria worshiped the Lord. But they also appointed all kinds of their own people to serve them as priests. The priests served in the small temples at the high places.

33 The people worshiped the Lord. But they also served their own gods. They followed the evil practices of the nations from which they had been brought.

34 They are still stubborn. They continue in their old practices to this very day. And now they don't even worship the Lord. They don't follow his directions and rules. They don't obey his laws and commands. The LORD had given all of those laws to the family of Jacob. He gave the name Israel to Jacob.