1 Kings 11:7

Then, did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem,—and for Molech, the abomination of the sons of Ammon;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

In Context

6Thus Solomon did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,—and went not fully after Yahweh, as did David his father.

8and, thus, did he for all his foreign wives,—who burned incense and offered sacrifices unto their gods.

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Cross References

Genesis 33:2and put the handmaids and their children first,—and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph next;

Leviticus 26:30And I will destroy your high places And cut down your sun-pillars, And cast your carcases upon the carcases of your manufactured gods,—Thus shall my soul abhor you.

Numbers 33:52then shall ye dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and shall destroy all their figured stones,—all their molten images, also shall ye destroy, and all their high places, shall ye lay waste.

Deuteronomy 17:3yea hath gone, and served other gods, and bowed down unto them,—whether unto the sun or unto the moon or unto any of the host of the heavens which I have not commanded;

Judges 11:24What Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess, that, wilt thou not possess? and, whatsoever Yahweh our God hath set before us to possess, that, shall we not possess?

1 Kings 15:12and he put away the male devotees out of the land,—and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:2-9

Solomon's Defection and Degeneracy. ( b. c. 983.) 1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and… Read the whole commentary →

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