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 12:25
ContextJeroboam Makes Golden Calves
12:25 6 Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.
1 Kings 14:23
Context14:23 They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
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 tc The Old Greek translation has here a lengthy section consisting of twenty-three verses that are not found in the MT.
