At that time, Solomon built a high place(A) for Chemosh,(B) the detestable idol of Moab, and for Milcom,[a](C) the detestable idol of the Ammonites, on the hill across from Jerusalem.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:7 Lit Molech

25 “House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to Me during the 40 years in the wilderness?(A) 26 But you have taken up[a] Sakkuth[b][c] your king[d] and Kaiwan[e] your star god, images you have made for yourselves.(B) 27 So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.”(C) Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.(D) He has spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:26 Or you will lift up
  2. Amos 5:26 LXX, Sym, Syr, Vg read the tent; Ac 7:43
  3. Amos 5:26 Probably a Mesopotamian war god also called Adar or Ninurta
  4. Amos 5:26 LXX reads up the tent of Molech and Rephan; Ac 7:43
  5. Amos 5:26 Probably a Mesopotamian god identified with Saturn

36 This man led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt,(A) at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness 40 years.(B)

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