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1 Kings 11:7

ChemoshMoabMolechSolomonJerusalemMoab
SinPraise and worship

5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,

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BSB
At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
KJV
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
WEB
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
ASV
Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
DARBY
Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, on the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
BLB
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that [is] on the front of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon.
ÅB
På den tid bygget Salomo en offerhaug for Kamos, Moabs styggedom, på det fjell som ligger midt imot Jerusalem, og for Molok, Ammons barns styggedom.
OTB
Da bygde Salomo et offersted for Kamosj, moabittenes avgud, på fjellet øst for Jerusalem, og for Molok, ammonittenes avgud.
B1930
På den tid bygget Salomo en offerhaug for Kamos, Moabs vederstyggelighet, på det fjell som ligger midt imot Jerusalem, og for Molok, Ammons barns vederstyggelighet.

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  • Numbers 21:29

    Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

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  • Judges 11:24

    Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.

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  • Acts 7:43

    Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

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  • Leviticus 26:30

    And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

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  • Psalms 78:58

    For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

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  • Revelation 17:4–5

    And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

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  • Matthew 26:30

    And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

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  • Deuteronomy 13:14

    Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

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