Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 17:8:

• Kupsabiny: “They also followed the behaviors of the communities that God had helped them to chased away. They also did other ceremonies which the kings of Israel had introduced.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “and they also did like the kings of Israel and like the other nations that the LORD drove out before them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “and followed the ways of the nations which the LORD had-caused- them -to-drive-out. They also followed the ways which the kings of Israel had-taught.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They imitated the things that the heathen/pagan people-groups did. Those were the groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis occupied their land. The Israeli people also did the evil things that the kings of Israel introduced/showed to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)