2 Kings 23:13 Cross References - Leeser

¹³ And the high-places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of destruction, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for ‘Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Kemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of ‘Ammon, did the king defile.

²⁹ Woe to thee, Moab! thou art lost, O people of Kemosh: he hath suffered his sons to become fugitives, and his daughters to go into captivity, unto the king of the Emorites, Sichon.

¹³ And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and ‘Ashtaroth.

⁶ And the children of Israel repeated to do the evil in the eyes of the Lord, and they served the Be’alim, and ‘Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of ‘Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and they forsook the Lord, and served not him.

²⁴ Truly! that which Kemosh thy god may give thee to possess, even that canst thou possess; but whatsoever the Lord our God hath driven out from before us, even that will we possess.

⁴ Then did the children of Israel put away the Be’alim and the ‘Ashtaroth, and served the Lord alone.

¹⁰ And they cried then unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served the Be’alim and the ‘Ashtaroth; and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

⁵ And Solomon went after ‘Ashtoreth the divinity of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the ‘Ammonites.

⁷ Then did Solomon build a high-place for Kemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of ‘Ammon.

³³ For the cause that they have forsaken me, and have bowed down to ‘Ashtoreth the divinity of the Zidonians, to Kemosh the god of Moab, and to Milcom the god of the children of ‘Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and my statutes and my ordinances, like David his father.

²⁶ Did not Solomon the king of Israel sin by these things? and although among the many nations there was never a king like him, and beloved as he was by his God, and God had placed him as king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did the alien women mislead to sin.

⁷ For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be conquered: and Kemosh shall go forth into exile, with his priests and his princes together.

¹³ And Moab shall be ashamed of Kemosh, as the house of Israel were made ashamed because of Beth-el their confidence.

¹⁶ Near is the calamity of Moab to come, and his misfortune hasteneth fast.

⁵ And those that bow themselves down on the roofs of houses to the host of heaven; and those that bow themselves down that are sworn to be true to the Lord and still swear by Malkom;