that is, to idols; the marginal reading is, we sacrifice to him, which we follow; Aben Ezra takes in both, perhaps most rightly; we do not sacrifice to any other, but to him; which was also false: since the days of Esarhaddon, king of Assur, who brought us up hither; to Samaria, from Babylon, and other places; see ( 2 Kings 17:24 ) .