2 Kings 17:41

“So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images, etc.] Just in like manner as the Israelites had done, who served the Lord and the calves, and worshipped God and Baal: both their children, and their children’s children; that is, the children and children’s children of the Samaritans: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day; to the writing of this book, which some ascribe to Jeremiah, to whose times, and even longer, they continued this mixed and mongrel worship, for the space of three hundred years, to the times of Alexander the great, of whom Sanballat, governor of Samaria, got leave to build a temple, on Gerizim, for his son-in-law Manasseh, of which he became…”

“Their graven images - The Babylonians appear to have made a very sparing use of animal forms among their religious emblems. They represented the male Sun, Shamas, by a circle, plain or crossed; the female Sun, Anunit, by a six-rayed or eight-rayed star; Nebo by a single wedge or arrow-head, the fundamental element of their writing; the god of the atmosphere by a double or triple thunderbolt. The gods generally were represented under human forms. A few of them had, in addition, animal emblems - the lion, the bull, the eagle, or the serpent; but these seem never to have been set up for worship in temples. There was nothing intentionally grotesque in the Babylonian religion, as there was in the…”

“So - In like manner, and after their example. These - Who came in their stead. Next: 4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 18”

“these nations: Kg2 17:32, Kg2 17:33; Jos 24:14-20; Kg1 18:21; Zep 1:5; Mat 6:24; Rev 3:15, Rev 3:16 unto this day: Ezr 4:1-3 Next: 4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 18”