1 Kings 11:7-8

11:7 Furthermore, ¹  on the hill east of Jerusalem ²  Solomon built a high place ³  for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh ⁴  and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ⁵  11:8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “then.”

² sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).

⁴ tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”

⁵ tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).

⁶ tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”