Molech/Milcom

Leviticus 18:21
" 'Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord .


Leviticus 20:2
"Say to the Israelites: 'Any Israelite or any alien living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the community are to stone him.


Leviticus 20:3
I will set my face against that man and I will cut him off from his people; for by giving his children to Molech, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name.


Leviticus 20:4
If the people of the community close their eyes when that man gives one of his children to Molech and they fail to put him to death,


Leviticus 20:5
I will set my face against that man and his family and will cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molech.


2 Samuel 12:30
He took the crown from the head of their king -its weight was a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones-and it was placed on David's head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city


1 Kings 11:5
He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech [ Milcom ] the detestable god of the Ammonites.


1 Kings 11:7
On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites.


1 Kings 11:33
I will do this because they have [ 11:33 Hebrew; Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac [ because he has ] ] forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molech the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked in my ways, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor


2 Kings 23:10
He desecrated Topheth, which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, so no one could use it to sacrifice his son or daughter in [ 23:10 Or [ to make his son ] [or] daughter pass through ] the fire to Molech.
(Whole Chapter: 2 Kings 23 In context: 2 Kings 23:9-11)


2 Kings 23:13
The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption-the ones Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molech [ Milcom ] the detestable god of the people of Ammon.
(Whole Chapter: 2 Kings 23 In context: 2 Kings 23:12-14)


1 Chronicles 20:2
David took the crown from the head of their king [ of Milcom ] [,] that is, Molech ] -its weight was found to be a talentof gold, and it was set with precious stones-and it was placed on David's head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city


Isaiah 57:9
You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away; you descended to the grave [ Sheol ] itself!


Jeremiah 32:35
They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, though I never commanded, nor did it enter my mind, that they should do such a detestable thing and so make Judah sin.


Jeremiah 49:1
Concerning the Ammonites: This is what the Lord says: "Has Israel no sons? Has she no heirs? Why then has Molech taken possession of Gad? Why do his people live in its towns?


Jeremiah 49:3
"Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed! Cry out, O inhabitants of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; rush here and there inside the walls, for Molech will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.


Amos 1:15
Her king [ Molech ] will go into exile, he and his officials together," says the Lord .


Amos 5:26
You have lifted up the shrine of your king, the pedestal of your idols, the star of your god ; [ Septuagint lifted up the shrine of Molech / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols ] ] - which you made for yourselves.


Zephaniah 1:5
those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by the Lord and who also swear by Molech, [ Milcom ]


Acts 7:43
You have lifted up the shrine of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile' beyond Babylon.

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