1 Kings 11:7
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.
1 Kings 11:7 in other translations
| BSB | At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites. |
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| WEB | Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon. |
| ASV | Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon. |
| YLT | Then doth Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is on the front of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon; |
| DARBY | Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, on the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon. |
| BBE | Then Solomon put up a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, in the mountain before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the disgusting god worshipped by the children of Ammon. |
| Webster | Then Solomon built a 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. |
What does 1 Kings 11:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 11:5-7
5-7. Ashtoreth--Astarte, Milcom--Molech, and Chemosh--He built altars for these three; but, although he is described (1Ki 11:8) as doing the same for "all his strange wives," there is no evidence that they had idols distinct from these; and there is no trace whatever of Egyptian idolatry.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 11:1-8
There is not a more melancholy and astonishing instance of human depravity in the sacred Scriptures, than that here recorded. Solomon became a public worshipper of abominable idols! Probably he by degrees gave way to pride and luxury, and thus lost his relish for true wisdom. Nothing forms in itself a security against the deceitfulness and depravity of the human heart. Nor will old age cure the heart of any evil…
1 Kings 11:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 11:7
- Numbers 21:29
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
- Judges 11:24
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
- Acts 7:43
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
- Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
- Psalms 78:58
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
- Revelation 17:4-5
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- Matthew 26:30
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
- Deuteronomy 13:14
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
- 2 Kings 23:10
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
- 2 Kings 23:13-14
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
- Numbers 33:52
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
- 2 Kings 21:2-3
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Le 26:30; Nu 33:52; 2Ki 21:2,3; 23:13,14; Ps 78:58; Eze 20:28,29
Chemosh.
Nu 21:29; Jud 11:24; Jer 48:13
abomination.
De 13:14; 17:3,4; 27:15; Isa 44:19; Eze 18:12; Da 11:31; 12:11
Re 17:4,5
the hill.This was the mount of Olives, which lay east of Jerusalem; and that the Hebrews would consider before it, while the west would be behind it; for the very term used to denote the east, {kedem,} means before, while {acharon,} behind, sometimes signifies the west.
Ge 33:2; 2Sa 15:30; 2Ki 23:13; Zec 14:4; Mt 26:30; Ac 1:9,12
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Context
- 1 Kings 11:6
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:7
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.
- 1 Kings 11:8
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
1 Kings 11:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces edificó Salomón un alto á Chêmos, abominación de Moab, en el monte que está enfrente de Jerusalem; y á Moloch, abominación de los hijos de Ammón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Alors Salomon bâtit un haut lieu pour Kemosh, l’abomination de Moab, sur la montagne qui est vis-à-vis de Jérusalem, et pour Moloc, l’abomination des fils d’Ammon. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Damals baute Salomo eine Höhe dem Kamos, dem Greuel der Moabiter, auf dem Berge, der vor Jerusalem liegt, und dem Molech, dem Greuel der Kinder Ammon. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tunc ædificavit Salomon fanum Chamos idolo Moab in monte qui est contra Jerusalem, et Moloch idolo filiorum Ammon. |