1 Kings 11:5

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⁵Solomon followed Ashtoreth,^(A) the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom,^(B) the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites.^(C)

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2 Kings 23:13

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¹³The king also defiled the high places that were across from Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the abhorrent idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites.^(A)

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Jeremiah 49:1

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Prophecies against Ammon

49 About the Ammonites,^(A) this is what the Lord says:

Does Israel have no sons?
Is he without an heir?
Why then has Milcom^[a]^[b] dispossessed Gad^(B)
and his people settled in their cities?

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Footnotes

49:1 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads Malkam
49:1 = Molech

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Jeremiah 49:3

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³Wail, Heshbon,^(A) for Ai is devastated;
cry out, daughters of Rabbah!
Clothe yourselves with sackcloth,^(B) and lament;
run back and forth within your walls,^[a]
because Milcom will go into exile
together with his priests and officials.^(C)

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Footnotes

49:3 Or sheep pens

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