("their king".) Another form of Milcom and Moloch, the idol of Moab and Ammon (Zep 1:5; Jer 49:1-3; Am 1:15).
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? Therefore behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir to them that were his heirs, saith the LORD. read more. Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
Mal'cham
1. Son of Shaharaim, a Benjamite. 1Ch 8:9.
2. An idol worshipped by some Jews who also professed to worship Jehovah. Zep 1:5. Some judge it to have been the same as Molech.
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;