2Ki 17:30 | NET2full | STEP | The people from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth , the people from Cuth made Nergal , the people from Hamath made Ashima ,

2 Kings 17:30

30 The people from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, ^{▼▼sn No deity is known by the name Sukkoth Benoth in extant Mesopotamian literature. For speculation as to the identity of this deity, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211.} the people from Cuth made Nergal, ^{▼▼sn Nergal was a Mesopotamian god of the underworld.} the people from Hamath made Ashima, ^{▼▼sn This deity is unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211-12.}