2 Kings 23:13
ContextNET © | The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, 1 that King Solomon of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom. |
NIV © | The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption—the ones Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molech the detestable god of the people of Ammon. |
NASB © | The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled. |
NLT © | The king also desecrated the pagan shrines east of Jerusalem and south of the Mount of Corruption, where King Solomon of Israel had built shrines for Ashtoreth, the detestable goddess of the Sidonians; and for Chemosh, the detestable god of the Moabites; and for Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites. |
MSG © | The king proceeded to make a clean sweep of all the sex-and-religion shrines that had proliferated east of Jerusalem on the south slope of Abomination Hill, the ones Solomon king of Israel had built to the obscene Sidonian sex goddess Ashtoreth, to Chemosh the dirty-old-god of the Moabites, and to Milcom the depraved god of the Ammonites. |
BBE © | And the high places before Jerusalem, on the south side of the mountain of destruction, which Solomon, king of Israel, had made for Ashtoreth, the disgusting god of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, and for Milcom, the disgusting god of the children of Ammon, the king made unclean. |
NRSV © | The king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. |
NKJV © | Then the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, which were on the south of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the people of Ammon. |
KJV | And the high places <01116> that [were] before <06440> Jerusalem <03389>_, which [were] on the right hand <03225> of the mount <02022> of corruption <04889>_, which Solomon <08010> the king <04428> of Israel <03478> for Ashtoreth <06253> the abomination <08251> of the Zidonians <06722>_, and for Chemosh <03645> the abomination <08251> of the Moabites <04124>_, and for Milcom <04445> the abomination <08441> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>_, did the king <04428> {the mount...: that is, the mount of Olives} |
NASB © | The high <01116> places <01116> which <0834> were before <05921> , which <0834> were on the right <03225> of the mount <02022> of destruction <04889> which <0834> Solomon <08010> the king <04428> of Israel <03478> had built <01129> for Ashtoreth <06252> the abomination <08251> of the Sidonians <06722> , and for Chemosh <03645> the abomination <08251> of Moab <04124> , and for Milcom <04445> the abomination <08441> of the sons <01121> of Ammon <05983> , the king <04428> defiled .<02930> |
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NET © [draft] ITL | The king <04428> ruined the high places <01116> east of Jerusalem <03389> , south <03225> of the Mount <02022> of Destruction <04889> , that <0834> King <04428> Solomon <08010> of Israel <03478> had built <01129> for the detestable <08251> Sidonian <06722> goddess Astarte <06253> , the detestable <08251> Moabite <04124> god Chemosh <03645> , and the horrible <08441> Ammonite <05983> <01121> god Milcom .<04445> |
NET © | The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, 1 that King Solomon of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom. |
NET © Notes |
1 sn This is a derogatory name for the Mount of Olives, involving a wordplay between מָשְׁחָה (mashÿkhah), “anointing,” and מַשְׁחִית (mashÿkhit), “destruction.” See HALOT 644 s.v. מַשְׁחִית and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 289. |