Charles Spurgeon Commentary 2 Kings 17:28-31

"So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah. Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim." — 2 Kings 17:28-31 (ASV)

It would answer no practical purpose if I were to explain the meaning of the names of these various gods. Some of them had animal forms. Their worship generally involved the most lascivious rites, and especially the worship of Molech or Moloch, who is mentioned under two different forms here. He was a god whose worship culminated in the most dreadful cruelties, for children were passed through the fires and burnt in his honour.