OET interlinear 2 KI 17:32

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

מִ⁠קְצוֹתָ⁠ם֙

from,among_of,themselves

The author is using the term extremities to mean the outer limits of the population of these groups, and he is using those outer limits to represent them and everything in between. In other words, he means that these people groups made priests from throughout their entire population, not from a specific priestly tribe such as the Levites. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. If you have already translated the book of 1 Kings, see how you translated the similar expression in 1 Kings 12:31. Alternate translation: [from throughout their populations]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יִּהְי֛וּ עֹשִׂ֥ים לָ⁠הֶ֖ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_were feared DOM YHWH and=they_made to/for=them from,among_of,themselves priests_of high_places and=they_were sacrificing to/for=them in=house_of of,the_high_places )

The pronoun they refers to these priests, while the pronoun them refers to the gods whom these people groups made idols to represent. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [and those priests were making sacrifices to the gods that their nations had made]