MILCOM (see also Molech) mĭl’ kəm (Heb. מִלְכֹּ֔ם, from mélék, king, with mimation), the national god of the Ammonites. Milcom was one of the foreign gods for whom Solomon built a high place on the Mount of Olives (1 Kings 11:5, 7, 33). This was later destroyed by Josiah (2 Kings 23:13). The Heb. text reads Malcham, “their king,” but scholars are agreed that Milcom was intended (Jer 49:1, 3). The form Malcham denotes a god whose name was melech, “king” (Zeph 1:5). It is not clear whether Malcham (2 Sam 12:30; cf. 1 Chron 20:2) is indeed another designation for Milcom. If so, then this god must have had a human stature of immense proportions, for the crown taken from his head weighed one talent of gold. Most scholars identify Milcom with Molech on the basis of 1 Kings 11:7, where Molech is called the abomination of the Ammonites (cf. 1 Kings 11:5, 33). The best Gr. MSS, however, read Milcom. According to K. Dronkert (De Molochdienst in het OT [1953]) Milcom must not be identified with Molech. They were worshiped separately (cf. 1 Kings 11:5; 11:33; 2 Kings 23:13). One knows nothing in regard to the worship of Milcom.