Study it in the app“Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab, on the mountain that is facing Jerusalem, and for Molech, the detestable thing of the sons of Ammon.”
ThenאָזSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהbuiltיִבְנֶהa high placeבָּמָהfor Chemosh,לִכְמוֹשׁthe detestable thingשִׁקֻּץof Moab,מוֹאָבon the mountainבָּהָרthat isאֲשֶׁרfacingעַל פְּנֵיJerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִָםand for Molech,וּלְמֹלֶךְthe detestable thingשִׁקֻּץof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammon.עַמּוֹן
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yivne” appearshigh place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “bama” appearsChemosh
Chemosh, the god of the Moabites. The name means "the mighty one."
Where else “chemosh” appearsdetestable thing
Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.
Where else “shikuts” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsMolech
Molech: a god of peoples near Israel, to whom children were sacrificed. The name looks like the Hebrew word for "king".
Where else “molech” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appears1Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
3Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
6And Solomon did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and did not follow fully YHWH, like David his father.
7 · This verse (above)
8And so he did for all his foreign wives, who offered up in smoke and sacrificed to their gods.
