2 Kings 17:32

32 So they feared Jehovah, and made to themselves from all classes of them priests of the high places, who offered [sacrifices] for them in the houses of 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 And the people of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the people of Cuth made Nergal, and the people of Hamath made Ashima,

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

32 So they feared Jehovah, and made to themselves from all classes of them priests of the high places, who offered [sacrifices] for them in the houses of the high places.

33 They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods after the manner of the nations, whence they had been carried away.

34 To this day they do after their former customs: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes or after their ordinances, nor after the law and commandment that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.

Footnotes

• [a]. As 1Kings 13.33; lit. 'from the ends:' see Gen. 19.4.