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Milcom - See
2 Samuel 12:30 ) of their king (KJV, NAS, NIV) or of the statue of the god
Milcom (NRSV, REB; compare TEV). Solomon built sanctuaries to
Milcom on the Mount of Olives at the request of his foreign wives, reviving the ancient cult (
1Kings 11:5,1 Kings 11:33 ). Jeremiah described past accomplishments attributed to
Milcom, but in a play on
Judges 11:24 , he announced destruction and captivity for
Milcom (
Jeremiah 49:1 ,
Jeremiah 49:1,49:3 NRSV, NAS, REB; compare NIV, TEV). Worshiping
Milcom was turning one's back on Yahweh (
Zephaniah 1:5-6 )
Milcom - MALCOM,
Milcom...
One of the dunghill gods of the Ammonites
Siloam, Village of - The village Κeir Silwan is at the foot of the third height of Olivet, at the spot where Solomon built the temples to Chemosh, Ashtoreth, and
Milcom; "the mount of corruption," E
Chemosh - The national god of the Moabites (
Numbers 21:29 ; in
Judges 11:24 probably ‘Chemosh’ is a scribal or other error for ‘Milcom’
Ammonites - They practised the idolatries and abominations common to Semitic races, and their god was called Milcom, another form of Moloch
Malcam - Quite possibly, however, there is an error in the pointing of the Hebrew word, and it should be rendered
Milcom (wh
Abomination - Thus we read, (
2 Kings 23:13,) that Ashtoreth was the abomination (that is the idol) of the Zidonians; Chemosh, the abomination of the Moabites; and
Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites
Molech, Moloch - Very ancient tradition identifies him with
Milcom (wh. ]'>[1] offer evidence that the original reading in this passage may have been ‘Milcom,’ as in
1 Kings 11:5 and
1 Kings 11:3 . On the other hand, we are told that, while Melech was worshipped at Topheth, the sanctuary of
Milcom was on the Mount of Olives (
2 Kings 23:13 )
Molech - Molech (or
Milcom) was the national god of the Ammonites, whose land bordered Israel’s territory east of Jordan
Abomination - Among the objects so described are heathen deities such as Ashtoreth (Astarte), Chemosh,
Milcom, the ‘abominations’ of the Zidonians (PhÅnicians), Moabites, and Ammonites respectively (
2 Kings 23:13 ); images and other paraphernalia of the forbidden cults (
Deuteronomy 7:25 ;
Deuteronomy 27:15 , and often in Ezk
Ammonite - ...
The national idol worshipped by this people was Molech or
Milcom, at whose altar they offered human sacrifices (
1 Kings 11:5,7 )
Ammon Ammonites Children of Ammon - The divinity of the tribe was Molech, generally named in the Old Testament under the altered form of
Milcom—"the abomination of the children of Ammon;" and Malcham
Sun - The Hebrews must have been well acquainted with the idolatrous worship of the sun during the captivity in Egypt, both from the contiguity of On, the chief seat of the worship of the sun, as implied in the name itself (On being the equivalent of the Hebrew Bethshemesh, "house of the sun") (
Jeremiah 43:13 ) and also from the connection between Joseph and Potipherah("he who belongs to Ela") the priest of On, (
Genesis 41:45 ) After their removal to Canaan, the Hebrews came in contact with various forms of idolatry which originated in the worship of the sun; such as the Baal of the Phoenicians, the Molech or
Milcom of the Ammonites, and the Hadad of the Syrians
Sun - " The Phoenician Baal; the Ammonite Moloch and
Milcom; the Syrian Hadad; latterly the Persian Mithras (Zoroaster previously had reformed the worship)
Moloch - Moloch, Molech,
Milcom, or Melchom, was a god of the Ammonites
Ammonites - On the contrary, Solomon took one or more Ammonite wives and allowed the worship of
Milcom, the Ammonite god, in Jerusalem (
1 Kings 11:1-8 ). Presumably the worship of
Milcom continued in Jerusalem until it was stamped out by Josiah many years later (
2 Kings 23:13 )
Ammon - Their idol, Moloch, appears also under the varied form
Milcom and Malcham, as the Hebrew for "their king" may be rendered
Gods And Goddesses, Pagan - ...
Milcom .
Milcom, called the "abomination" of the Ammonites, was apparently the chief deity of the Ammonites or Moabites.
Milcom is sometimes identified with Molech, but this is incorrect since the two gods were worshiped individually
Ammon, Ammonites - The god of the Ammonites is called in the OT
Milcom , a variation of Melek , ‘king
Idol - The Phoenician Adon or Adonis, the Ammonite Moloch or
Milcom, the Moabite Chemosh, the Assyrian and Babylonian Bel, and the Syrian Hadad, the Egyptian Ra, are essentially the same sun god