| 29. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 17:29:1 ⧉וַיִּהְי֣וּvayihyuand they were 2 Kings 17:29:2 ⧉עֹשִׂ֔יםosimmaking 2 Kings 17:29:3 ⧉גּ֥וֹיgoynation 2 Kings 17:29:4 ⧉גּ֖וֹיgoynation 2 Kings 17:29:5 ⧉אֱלֹהָ֑יוelohavits gods 2 Kings 17:29:6 ⧉וַיַּנִּ֣יחוּvayanikhuand they placed 2 Kings 17:29:7 ⧉בְּבֵ֣יתbevetin the house of 2 Kings 17:29:8 ⧉הַבָּמ֗וֹתhabamotthe high places 2 Kings 17:29:9 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֤רasherwhich 2 Kings 17:29:10 ⧉עָשׂוּ֙asuthey made 2 Kings 17:29:11 ⧉הַשֹּׁ֣מְרֹנִ֔יםhashomeronimthe Samaritans 2 Kings 17:29:12 ⧉גּ֥וֹיgoynation 2 Kings 17:29:13 ⧉גּוֹי֙goynation 2 Kings 17:29:14 ⧉בְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔םbearehemin their cities 2 Kings 17:29:15 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֛רasherwhere 2 Kings 17:29:16 ⧉הֵ֥םhemthey 2 Kings 17:29:17 ⧉יֹשְׁבִ֖יםyoshevimdwelling 2 Kings 17:29:18 ⧉שָֽׁם׃shamthere |
| 29. Formal Translation And each nation made its own gods and set them in the shrines that the Samaritans had built in the cities where they lived. |
| 29. Dynamic Translation But each group made its own gods and set them up in the local shrines for worship that the Samaritans had established, placing their idols in the towns where they lived. |