Study it in the app“They feared YHWH, and they made for themselves from among all of them priests of high places, who were officiating for them in the house of the high places.”
They fearedוַיִּהְיוּ יְרֵאִיםYHWH,אֶת יְהוָהand they madeוַיַּעֲשׂוּfor themselvesלָהֶםfrom among all of themמִקְצוֹתָםpriestsכֹּהֲנֵיof high places,בָמוֹתwho wereוַיִּהְיוּofficiatingעֹשִׂיםfor themלָהֶםin the houseבְּבֵיתof the high places.הַבָּמוֹת
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appearsrevere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yereim” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “yaasu” appearsall
All those who make up a group, taken from among them.
Where else “ketsota” appearspagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “kohane” appearshigh place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “vamot” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appears31and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites were burning their sons in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 · This verse (above)
33YHWH they feared, and their own gods they served, according to the custom of the nations from which they had carried them into exile.
