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Milcom

(great king). [Molech]

In the Bible

6

Verses where Milcom is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Kings 11:5

    Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

  • 1 Kings 11:33

    For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

  • 2 Kings 23:13

    The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

  • Jeremiah 49:1

    Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?

  • Jeremiah 49:3

    Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.

  • Zephaniah 1:5

    those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

Entries that reference Milcom

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Milcom references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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