Discovery Box1 Kings 11:7 
Context11:7 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
1 Kings 11:33
Context11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him 6 because they have 7 abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions 8 by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. 9
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 The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
7 tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”
8 tn Heb “walked in my ways.”
9 tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”
