New English Translation
1 Kings 11:7
7Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
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
5Solomon worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 6Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; he did not remain loyal to the Lord, like his father David had. Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 8He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. 9The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions
Read all of 1 Kings 111 Kings 11:7 word by word
אָז֩ יִבְנֶ֨ה שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בָּמָ֗ה לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מוֹאָ֔ב בָּהָ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְ שִׁקֻּ֖ץ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then did Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
- buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- an high placeבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
- for Chemoshכְּמוֹשׁkemôsh kemîysh · ChemoshH3645
- the abominationשִׁקּוּץshiqqûts shiqqûts · abominationH8251
- of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
- in the hillהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: eastH6440
- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
- and for Molechמֹ֫לֶךְmôlek · MolechH4432
- of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Ammonעַמּוֹן‛ammôn · AmmonH5983
Cross-references for 1 Kings 11:7
- Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars, and I will stack your dead bodies on top of the lifeless bodies of your idols. I will abhor you.
- Numbers 33:52you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.
- 2 Kings 21:2He did evil in the sight of the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.
- 2 Kings 23:13The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, that King Solomon of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom.
- Psalms 78:58They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.
- Ezekiel 20:28I brought them to the land which I swore to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.
- Numbers 21:29Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.
- Judges 11:24You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the Lord our God has driven out before us.
- Jeremiah 48:13The people of Moab will be disappointed by their god Chemosh. They will be as disappointed as the people of Israel were when they put their trust in the calf god at Bethel.
- Deuteronomy 13:14You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
- Deuteronomy 17:3by serving other gods and worshiping them – the sun, moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship.
- Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image – something abhorrent to the Lord, the work of the craftsman – and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
- Isaiah 44:19No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves: ‘I burned half of it in the fire – yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?’
- Ezekiel 18:12oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,
- Daniel 11:31His forces will rise up and profane the fortified sanctuary, stopping the daily sacrifice. In its place they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.
- Daniel 12:11From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, there are 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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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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