1 Kings 11:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For Solomon followed Astarte the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abominable idol of the Ammonites! [I Kings 9:6-9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

Common English Bible

Solomon followed Astarte the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom the detestable god of the Ammonites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For Solomon worshipped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the idol of the Ammonites.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 11:5 Cross References

1 Kings 11:33

This is because he has forsaken me, worshiped Astarte the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and has not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my ordinances, as his father David did.

1 Kings 11:6

So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not completely follow the Lord, as his father David had done.

1 Kings 11:7

Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites on the mountain east of Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:13

The king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

Isaiah 44:19

No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. Now shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”

Leviticus 18:21

You shall not give any of your offspring to sacrifice them to Molech and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:5

those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens, those who bow down and swear to the Lord but also swear by Milcom,

Judges 10:6

The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, serving the Baals and the Astartes, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. Thus they abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.

Judges 2:11

Then the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals,

Judges 2:13

They abandoned the Lord and served Baal and the Astartes.

1 Samuel 12:10

Then they cried to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the Astartes, but now rescue us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’