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1 Kings 11:5-7
New English Translation
1 Kings 11:5-7
New English Translation
5 Solomon worshiped[a] the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.[b] 6 Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight;[c] he did not remain loyal to[d] the Lord, as his father David had. 7 Furthermore,[e] on the hill east of Jerusalem[f] Solomon built a high place[g] for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh[h] and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.[i]
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- 1 Kings 11:5 tn Heb “walked after.”
- 1 Kings 11:5 tn Heb “Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.”
- 1 Kings 11:6 tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”
- 1 Kings 11:6 tn The idiomatic statement reads in Hebrew, “he did not fill up after.”
- 1 Kings 11:7 tn Heb “then.”
- 1 Kings 11:7 sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.
- 1 Kings 11:7 sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).
- 1 Kings 11:7 tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”
- 1 Kings 11:7 tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).
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