Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And 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 builded 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.
Solomon
Chemosh
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Bible References
Solomon
1 Kings 11:7
Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
Nehemiah 13:26
Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!
Ashtoreth
Judges 2:13
They abandoned the Lord and worshiped Baal and the Ashtars.
Judges 10:6
The Israelites again did evil in the Lord's sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtars, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.
1 Samuel 7:4
So the Israelites removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the Lord.
1 Samuel 12:10
Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, 'We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.'
1 Kings 11:5
Solomon worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
Chemosh
Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.
Judges 11:24
You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the Lord our God has driven out before us.
Jeremiah 48:7
"Moab, you trust in the things you do and in your riches. So you too will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile along with his priests and his officials.
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Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.