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1 Kings 11:7
New English Translation

7 Furthermore,[a] on the hill east of Jerusalem[b] Solomon built a high place[c] for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh[d] and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.[e]

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  1. 1 Kings 11:7 tn Heb “then.”
  2. 1 Kings 11:7 sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.
  3. 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).
  4. 1 Kings 11:7 tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”
  5. 1 Kings 11:7 tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).
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