2 Kings

2 Kings 23:13

¹³The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom^e the abomination of the Ammonites.

Footnotes

e 23:13 Milcom is a variant of Molech; see Leviticus 18:21|LEV 18:21and 1 Kings 11:7.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The king	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
also desecrated	טִמֵּ֖א	ṭim·mê	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2930 be or become unclean
the high places	הַבָּמ֞וֹת	hab·bā·mō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1116 high place
east	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
of	פְּנֵ֣י	pə·nê	Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
to the south	מִימִ֣ין	mî·mîn	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3225 right hand
of the Mount	לְהַר־	lə·har-	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
of Corruption	הַמַּשְׁחִית֒	ham·maš·ḥîṯ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4889 ruin, destruction
which	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
King	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֨ה	šə·lō·mōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8010 Solomon
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
had built	בָּ֠נָה	bā·nāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1129 build
for Ashtoreth	לְעַשְׁתֹּ֣רֶת׀	lə·‘aš·tō·reṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6253 ±Aštœreth, < ±Ašt¹rt, ±Aštéreth
the abomination	שִׁקֻּ֣ץ	šiq·quṣ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8251 detested thing
of the Sidonians	צִידֹנִ֗ים	ṣî·ḏō·nîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6722 Tsidonian
for Chemosh	וְלִכְמוֹשׁ֙	wə·liḵ·mō·wōš	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3645 Chemosh
the abomination	שִׁקֻּ֣ץ	šiq·quṣ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8251 detested thing
of the Moabites	מוֹאָ֔ב	mō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4124 Moab
and for Milcom	וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖ם	ū·lə·mil·kōm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4445 Milcom
the abomination	תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת	tō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8441 abomination
of the Ammonites	בְּנֵֽי־	bə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son

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