2 Kings 23:13 (KJV)

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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

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Cross-references

Solomon. 1Ki 11:7 Ne 13:26

Ashtoreth. Re 1:13 Re 10:6 1Sa 7:4 1Sa 12:10 1Ki 11:5 1Ki 11:33

Chemosh. Nu 21:29 Re 11:13 Jer 48:7 Jer 48:13 Jer 48:16

Milcom. Zep 1:5

the mount of corruption. that is, the mount of Olives.Houbigant, deriving the Hebrew {mashchith} from {mashach,} "to anoint," reads "the Mount of Olives." Jarchi, following the Chaldee, also says this was the Mount of Olives; for this is the mount {hammishchah,} of unction: but because of the idolatrous purposes for which it was used, the Scripture changed the appellation to the mount of {hammashchith,} corruption. Malcham.

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