Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The "Samaritans" here are the Israelites. The temples built by them at the high places I Kings 12:31; I Kings 13:32 had remained standing at the time of their departure. They were now occupied by the new-comers, who set up their own worship in the old sanctuaries.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Kings 17:29:
Ezra 4:3
Isaiah 36:7
John 4:22
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