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1 Kings 11

1 Kings 11:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For Solomon
Shlomoh (Hebrew #8010)
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor
KJV usage: Solomon.
Pronounce: shel-o-mo'
Origin: from 7965
went
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
after
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
Ashtoreth
`Ashtoreth (Hebrew #6253)
Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase)
KJV usage: Ashtoreth.
Pronounce: ash-to'reth
Origin: probably for 6251
the goddess
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
of the Zidonians
Tsiydoniy (Hebrew #6722)
a Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon
KJV usage: Sidonian, of Sidon, Zidonian.
Pronounce: tsee-do-nee'
Origin: patrial from 6721
, and after
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
ηMilcom
Malkam (Hebrew #4445)
from 4428 for 4432; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites
KJV usage: Malcham, Milcom.
Pronounce: mal-kawm'
Origin: or Milkowm {mil-kome'}
the abomination
shiqquwts (Hebrew #8251)
from 8262; disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol
KJV usage: abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).
Pronounce: shik-koots'
Origin: or shiqquts {shik-koots'}
of the Ammonites
`Ammowniy (Hebrew #5984)
an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
KJV usage: Ammonite(-s).
Pronounce: am-mo-nee'
Origin: patronymically from 5983
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called Molech,
1 Kings 11:7• 7Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, on the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon. (1 Kings 11:7)
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Ammon; Ammonites; Children of Ammon,
Ashtoreth,
Gods; Goddess,
Milcom,
Solomon,
Zidonians; Sidonians

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ashtoreth.
1 Kings 11:33• 33because they have forsaken me, and have worshipped 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 that which is right in my sight, and my statutes and mine ordinances, as David his father. (1 Kings 11:33)
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Judg. 2:13• 13And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. (Judg. 2:13)
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Judg. 10:6• 6And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals, and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and served him not. (Judg. 10:6)
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1 Sam. 7:3‑4• 3And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye return to Jehovah with all your heart, put away the strange gods and the Ashtoreths from among you, and apply your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
 4And the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths and served Jehovah only. (1 Sam. 7:3‑4)
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1 Sam. 12:10• 10And they cried to Jehovah and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths; and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. (1 Sam. 12:10)
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2 Kings 23:13• 13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. (2 Kings 23:13)
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Jer. 2:10‑13• 10For pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing.
 11Hath a nation changed its gods? and they are no gods;--but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
 12Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah.
 13For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water. (Jer. 2:10‑13)
Milcom.
1 Kings 11:7• 7Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, on the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon. (1 Kings 11:7)
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Lev. 18:21• 21And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah. (Lev. 18:21)
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Lev. 20:2‑5• 2Thou shalt say also to the children of Israel, Every one of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech, shall certainly be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
 3And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, so as to make my sanctuary unclean, and to profane my holy name.
 4And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, that they kill him not,
 5then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. (Lev. 20:2‑5)
Molech.
Zeph. 1:5• 5and them that bow down to the host of the heavens upon the housetops; and them that bow down to Jehovah, that swear by him, and swear by Malcham; (Zeph. 1:5)
Malcham.
• It was not indifference, hateful enough in itself, to build these high places for his wives: it was associating himself with their worship and becoming one with them. (“The Cause of the Kingdom?s Ruin: 1 Kings 11:1-13” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.