2 Kings 17:32 reveals the syncretism: the same people who made idols also feared the Lord and appointed priests for the high places.

Psalm 115:4-8 describes the futility of handmade idols — exactly what these nations practiced by making their own gods.

Psalm 135:15-18 expands on the nature of these same handmade idols—silver, gold, mute and powerless—exposing their futility.

Isaiah 44:9-20 satirizes the absurdity of making gods from wood and metal, condemning the same kind of idolatry practiced by the settlers in Samaria.

Jeremiah 10:3-5 mocks idols as helpless scarecrows, echoing the futility of the man-made gods set up by the foreign peoples in Samaria.

Hosea 8:5 directly addresses the calf idol of Samaria, linking the northern kingdom's own idolatry to the same city where settlers made new gods.

Hosea 8:6 declares that the calf of Samaria will be smashed, pronouncing judgment on the very kind of idol the settlers were making.

Exodus 20:3 commands having no other gods, a law the settlers directly violate by making and worshipping their own deities.

Judges 10:6 describes Israel serving foreign gods, showing the same pattern of turning away from Yahweh that the settlers in Samaria now imitate.

Genesis 35:2 shows Jacob purging foreign gods from his household, contrasting with these settlers who actively adopt and manufacture them.

Romans 1:23 condemns exchanging God's glory for images of creatures, the same corruption of true worship seen in the settlers' handmade gods.

Micah 4:5 notes that each nation walks in its own god's name, a broader context for why these settlers made local deities for themselves.