New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Kings 11:7
7Then Solomon built a high place for 1Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab, on the mountain that is 2east of Jerusalem, and for 3Molech, the abhorrent idol of the sons of Ammon.
1 Kings 11:7 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon.
Context of 1 Kings 11:7
5For Solomon became a follower of Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and of Milcom the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites. 6So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not follow the Lord fully, as his father David had done. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab, on the mountain that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abhorrent idol of the sons of Ammon. 8He also did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. 9Now the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
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אָז֩ יִבְנֶ֨ה שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בָּמָ֗ה לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מוֹאָ֔ב בָּהָ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְ שִׁקֻּ֖ץ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
- Thenאָז'âz · thenH227
- Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
- builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- a highבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
- Chemoshכְּמוֹשׁkemôsh kemîysh · ChemoshH3645
- the abhorrentשִׁקּוּץshiqqûts shiqqûts · abominationH8251
- of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
- on the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- eastעַל‛al · uponH5921
- eastפָּנֶהpânîym · face: eastH6440
- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
- Molechמֹ֫לֶךְmôlek · MolechH4432
- of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Ammonעַמּוֹן‛ammôn · AmmonH5983
Cross-references for 1 Kings 11:7
- Leviticus 26:30I then will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and pile your remains on the remains of your idols, for My soul will loathe you.
- Numbers 33:52you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from you, and destroy all their idolatrous sculptures, destroy all their cast metal images, and eliminate all their high places;
- 2 Kings 21:2He did evil in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.
- 2 Kings 23:13And the king defiled the high places that were opposite Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon.
- Psalms 78:58For they provoked Him with their high places And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
- Ezekiel 20:28When I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every tree thick with branches, and there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma and there they poured out their drink offerings.
- Numbers 21:29Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, To an Amorite king, Sihon.
- Judges 11:24Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the Lord our God has dispossessed before us, we will possess it.
- Jeremiah 48:13And Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
- Deuteronomy 13:14then you shall investigate, search out, and inquire thoroughly. And if it is true and the matter is certain that this abomination has been committed among you,
- Deuteronomy 17:3and that person has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun, the moon, or any of the heavenly lights, which I have commanded not to do,
- Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the person who makes a carved image or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall reply and say, ‘Amen.’
- Isaiah 44:19No one remembers, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then I make the rest of it into an abomination, I bow down before a block of wood!”
- Ezekiel 18:12oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but raises his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,
- Daniel 11:31Forces from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination of desolation.
- Daniel 12:11And from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 11:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The hill that is before Jerusalem - This was the Mount of Olives.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The Moabite god Chemosh is mentioned on the Mesha Stela (Moabite Stone), which describes the conflict between Moab and Israel (see 2 Kings 3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. Ashtoreth--Astarte, Milcom--Molech, and Chemosh--He built altars for these three; but, although he is described (1Ki 11:8) as doing the same for "all his strange wives," there is no evidence that they had idols distinct from these; and there is no trace whatever of Egyptian idolatry.Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. 1 Kings 11:7 Num 21:29; Judg 11:24; 2 Kin 23:13 ↩
- 2. 1 Kings 11:7 Lit before ↩
- 3. 1 Kings 11:7 Lev 20:2-5; 2 Kin 23:10; Acts 7:43 ↩
Commentaries on 1 Kings 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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