וַיִּהְי֣וּ עֹשִׂ֔ים גּ֥וֹי גּ֖וֹי אֱלֹהָ֑יו וַיַּנִּ֣יחוּ ׀ בְּבֵ֣ית הַבָּמ֗וֹת אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשׂוּ֙ הַשֹּׁ֣מְרֹנִ֔ים גּ֥וֹי גּוֹי֙ בְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥ם יֹשְׁבִ֖ים שָֽׁם׃
Gayunman, bawat bansa ay gumawa ng sarili nilang mga diyos, at inilagay nila ang mga ito sa mga bahay ng mga dambana sa matataas na lugar na ginawa ng mga taga-Samaria; ginawa ito ng bawat bansa sa kani-kanilang mga lungsod na kanilang tinitirhan.
Rashi
That the citizens of Shomron had made. [I.e.,] the [Bnei] Yisroel while they were still there.
Rashi
Each nation … its own god. [I.e.,] each nation, [placed] the deity they had worshiped in their land, here, too, each nation did so in the city which Sancheiriv had given them as a possession there in the cities of Yisroel.