2 Kings 23:13

New American Bible - revised edition

The king defiled the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of the Destroyer, which Solomon, king of Israel, had built in honor of Astarte, the Sidonian horror, of Chemosh, the Moabite horror, and of Milcom, the Ammonites’ abomination.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:33

For they have forsaken me and have bowed down to Astarte, goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, god of Moab, and Milcom, god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in my ways or done what is right in my eyes, according to my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.

1 Kings 11:5

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

1 Kings 11:7

Solomon then built a high place to Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, and to Molech, the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain opposite Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon, the king of Israel, sin because of them? Though among the many nations there was no king like him, and though he was beloved of his God and God had made him king over all Israel, yet even he was led into sin by foreign women.

Isaiah 44:19

He does not think clearly; he lacks the wit and knowledge to say, “Half the wood I burned in the fire, on its embers I baked bread, I roasted meat and ate. Shall I turn the rest into an abomination? Shall I worship a block of wood?”

Jeremiah 11:13

For as many as your cities are your gods, O Judah! As many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars for sacrifice to Baal.

Jeremiah 48:13

Chemosh shall disappoint Moab, just as the house of Israel was disappointed by Bethel, in which they trusted.

Jeremiah 48:16

Moab’s ruin is near at hand, its disaster approaches swiftly.

Jeremiah 48:7

Because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be captured. Chemosh shall go into exile, his priests and princes with him.

Zephaniah 1:5

And those who bow down on the roofs to the host of heaven, And those who bow down to the Lord but swear by Milcom;

Numbers 21:29

Woe to you, Moab! You are no more, people of Chemosh! He let his sons become fugitives and his daughters be taken captive by the Amorite king Sihon.

Judges 10:6

The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, serving the Baals and Ashtarts, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. Since they had abandoned the Lord and would not serve him,

Judges 11:24

Should you not take possession of that which your god Chemosh gave you to possess, and should we not take possession of all that the Lord, our God, has dispossessed for us?

Judges 2:13

Because they had abandoned the Lord and served Baal and the Astartes,

1 Samuel 12:10

They cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned because we abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and Astartes. Now deliver us from the power of our enemies, and we will serve you.’

1 Samuel 7:4

So the Israelites removed their Baals and Astartes, and served the Lord alone.