1 Kings 11:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

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  • Num 21:29 : 29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
  • Judg 11:24 : 24 Will you not possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever the LORD our God drives out from before us, them will we possess.
  • Acts 7:43 : 43 Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rephan, images which you made to worship them; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
  • Rev 17:4-5 : 4 And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication: 5 And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
  • Gen 33:2 : 2 And he placed the maidservants and their children foremost, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
  • Lev 20:2-5 : 2 Again, you shall say to the children of Israel, Whoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who gives any of his offspring to Molech, he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land hide their eyes from the man, when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and do not kill him, 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
  • Lev 26:30 : 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
  • Num 33:52 : 52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their carved images, and destroy all their molten images, and thoroughly demolish all their high places:
  • Deut 13:14 : 14 Then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done among you;
  • Deut 17:3-4 : 3 and has gone and served other gods and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, 4 and it is told to you, and you have heard of it and diligently inquired, and indeed it is true and certain that such an abomination has been committed in Israel,
  • Deut 27:15 : 15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
  • 2 Sam 15:30 : 30 And David went up by the ascent of Mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
  • 2 Kgs 21:2-3 : 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.
  • 2 Kgs 23:10 : 10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
  • 2 Kgs 23:13-14 : 13 The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites, the king defiled. 14 And he smashed the images, cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
  • Ps 78:58 : 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their carved images.
  • Isa 44:19 : 19 And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stump of a tree?
  • Jer 48:13 : 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
  • Ezek 18:12 : 12 Has oppressed the poor and needy, has spoiled by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
  • Ezek 20:28-29 : 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for which I lifted up my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provoking of their offering: there also they made their sweet savor, and poured out there their drink offerings. 29 Then I said to them, What is the high place to which you go? And its name is called Bamah to this day.
  • Dan 11:31 : 31 And forces shall stand on his side, and they shall defile the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place the abomination that causes desolation.
  • Dan 12:11 : 11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.
  • Zech 14:4 : 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall split in the midst toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
  • Matt 26:30 : 30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
  • Acts 1:9 : 9 And when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
  • Acts 1:12 : 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey.

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  • 2 Kgs 23:13-15
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    13The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites, the king defiled.

    14And he smashed the images, cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

    15Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah.

  • 1 Kgs 11:8-9
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    8And likewise he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

    9And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the LORD God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

  • 1 Kgs 11:5-6
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    5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

    6And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as David his father did.

  • 2 Kgs 23:10
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    10And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.

  • 2 Chr 21:11
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    11Moreover, he made high places in the mountains of Judah and led the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit idolatry and influenced Judah to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 17:10-11
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    10They set up images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree.

    11There they burned incense on all the high places, as the nations had done whom the LORD carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger.

  • 2 Chr 28:3-4
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    3Moreover, he burned incense in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

    4He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • Jer 32:35
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    35And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

  • 1 Kgs 11:1-2
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    1But King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.

    2Of the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the children of Israel, You shall not go to them, nor shall they come to you: for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods: Solomon clung to these in love.

  • 2 Chr 8:12
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    12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

  • 1 Kgs 3:2-4
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    2But the people sacrificed at high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.

    3And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father; yet he sacrificed and burned incense at high places.

    4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

  • 2 Kgs 21:11
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    11'Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done more wickedly than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols:

  • 2 Chr 33:5-7
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    5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

    6And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; also he observed times, used enchantments, used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit and with wizards; he did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

    7And he set a carved image, the idol he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and Solomon his son, 'In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.'

  • 2 Kgs 21:2-3
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    2And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

    3For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.

  • 2 Kgs 21:5-7
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    5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

    6And he made his son pass through the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and dealt with mediums and spiritists: he did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.

    7And he set up the carved image of the Asherah he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever:'

  • 2 Chr 7:7
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    7Moreover Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD; for there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was not able to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat.

  • 2 Chr 33:2-3
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    2But he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, like the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

    3For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he erected altars for Baal, made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
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    26And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

  • Jer 7:30-31
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    30For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, says the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

    31And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I did not command, nor did it enter into my heart.

  • 2 Kgs 17:17
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    17They caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

  • 2 Chr 11:15
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    15And he ordained priests for the high places, for the devils, and for the calves which he made.

  • 1 Kgs 11:33
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    33Because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

  • 2 Chr 28:25
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    25And in every city of Judah, he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

  • Deut 12:31
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    31You shall not do so to the LORD your God, for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they have even burned their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

  • 2 Chr 1:6
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    6And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.

  • 2 Chr 33:22
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    22But he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done; for Amon sacrificed to all the carved images Manasseh his father had made and served them.

  • 2 Kgs 3:27
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    27Then he took his eldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.

  • Lev 20:5
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    5Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

  • 2 Kgs 16:3
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    3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel.

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    13For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.

  • 1 Kgs 14:23
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    23For they also built for themselves high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

  • 1 Kgs 12:31
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    31And he made a house of high places and made priests from all sorts of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

  • Amos 5:26
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    26But you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

  • 2 Chr 7:4
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    4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.