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2 Kings 23:13

AshtorethChemoshMilcomSolomonJerusalemMoab

11 And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.

12 He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

14 He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

15 He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.

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BSB
The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
KJV
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
WEB
The king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.
ASV
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
DARBY
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
BLB
And the high places that [were] on the face of Jerusalem, that [were] on the right of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.
ÅB
De offerhauger som lå midt imot Jerusalem på høyre side av Ødeleggelsens berg, og som Israels konge Salomo hadde bygget for Astarte, sidoniernes styggedom, og for Kamos, Moabs styggedom, og for Milkom, Ammons barns styggedom, dem gjorde kongen urene.
OTB
De høye stedene som var foran Jerusalem, som var på høyre side av ødeleggelsens fjell som Salomo, Israels konge, hadde bygd for Astarte, sidonernes styggedom, for Kamosj, Moabs styggedom, og for Milkom, Ammonittenes styggedom, vanhelliget kongen.
B1930
De offerhauger som lå midt imot Jerusalem på høire side av Ødeleggelsens berg, og som Israels konge Salomo hadde bygget for Astarte, sidoniernes vederstyggelighet, og for Kamos, Moabs vederstyggelighet, og for Milkom, Ammons barns vederstyggelighet, dem gjorde kongen urene.

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