24 Isn’t it true that you may possess whatever your god Chemosh drives out for you, and we may possess everything the Lord our God drives out before us?

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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

Because you trust in your works[a] and treasures,
you will be captured also.
Chemosh(A) will go into exile
with his priests and officials.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:7 LXX reads strongholds

13 Moab will be put to shame because of Chemosh,
just as the house of Israel was put to shame
because of Bethel(A) that they trusted in.

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46 Woe to you, Moab!
The people of Chemosh have perished
because your sons have been taken captive
and your daughters have gone into captivity.(A)

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