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

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He followed Ashtoreth(A) the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek(B) the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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

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  1. 11:7 Lit Molech

On a hill east(A) of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh(B) the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek(C) the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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33 For they have abandoned me; they have bowed down to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites.(A) They have not walked in my ways to do what is right in my sight and to carry out my statutes and my judgments as his father David did.(B)

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33 I will do this because they have[a] forsaken me and worshiped(A) Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molek the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked(B) in obedience to me, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my decrees(C) and laws as David, Solomon’s father, did.

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  1. 1 Kings 11:33 Hebrew; Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac because he has

those who bow in worship on the rooftops(A)
to the stars in the sky;
those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord(B)
but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;[a](C)

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  1. 1:5 Some LXX mss, Syr, Vg; MT, other LXX mss read their king

those who bow down on the roofs
    to worship the starry host,(A)
those who bow down and swear by the Lord
    and who also swear by Molek,[a](B)

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  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Hebrew Malkam