1 Kings 11:7

11:7 Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.

1 Kings 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah replaced him as king.


tn Heb “then.”

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.

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

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

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

tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.