2 Kings 17:32

32 So they feared the Lord, but they also appointed from their number, priests to serve them in the shrines of the high places.^[a]

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 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.

32 So they feared the Lord, but they also appointed from their number, priests to serve them in the shrines of the high places.

33 They feared the Lord, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the custom of the nations where they had been deported from.

34 They are [still] practicing the former customs to this day. None of them fear the Lord or observe their statutes and ordinances, the law and commandments the Lord commanded the descendants of Jacob; He renamed him Israel.

Footnotes

• [a]. Jdg 17:5-13; 1 Kg 12:31; 13:33