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Person

Milcom

Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first in 1 Kings 11:5. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

All 3 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

1 Kings

  • 1 Kings 11:5

    Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

  • 1 Kings 11:33

    For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

2 Kings

  • 2 Kings 23:13

    The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon 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 Ammonites.

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