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1 Kings 11:7

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.

KJV

Tunc ædificavit Salomon fanum Chamos idolo Moab in monte qui est contra Jerusalem, et Moloch idolo filiorum Ammon.

Vulgate

καὶ οὕτως ἐποίησεν πάσαις ταῖς γυναιξὶν αὐτοῦ ταῖς ἀλλοτρίαις· ἐθυμίων καὶ ἔθυον τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν.

LXX

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.

ASV

אָז֩ יִבְנֶ֨ה שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בָּמָ֗ה לִ/כְמוֹשׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מוֹאָ֔ב בָּ/הָ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל פְּנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וּ/לְ/מֹ֕לֶךְ שִׁקֻּ֖ץ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּמ֖וֹת
bmvt
noun · 104×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
כְמוֹשׁ֙
kmvsh
proper_noun · 9×
מֹּ֑לֶךְ
mlk
proper_noun · 9×
מוֹאָ֔ב
mv'b
proper_noun · 180×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עַמּ֔וֹן
'mvn
proper_noun · 105×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה
shlmh
proper_noun · 280×
שִׁקֻּ֣ץ
shqts
noun · 28×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 11:5 — For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  • 1Kgs 15:12 — And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
  • 2Chr 21:11 — Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.
  • 2Kgs 23:13 — 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, an
  • 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.
  • Isa 44:19 — And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh,
  • Jer 32:31 — For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
  • Jer 48:46 — Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
  • Judg 10:6 — And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children o
  • Judg 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.
  • Judg 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.
  • Lev 18:21 — And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
  • Num 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.
  • Num 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.
  • Ps 78:58 — For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.