Verse 7

At that time Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill east of Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the Ammonites.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  På den tiden bygde Salomo en offerhøyde for Kemosj, den avskyelige guden til Moab, på fjellet øst for Jerusalem, og for Molok, den skammelige guden til ammonittene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da bygde Salomo en høyde for Kemosj, moabittenes avskyelige gud, på fjellet foran Jerusalem, og for Molok, ammonittenes avskyelige gud.

• Norsk King James

  Så bygde Salomo et høyt sted for Kemosj, avskyelsen fra Moab, på høyden foran Jerusalem, og for Moloch, avskyelsen fra ammonittene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da bygde Salomo en offerhøyde for Kamosj, moabittenes avskyelige gud, på fjellet like ved Jerusalem, og for Molok, ammonittenes gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da bygde Salomo en offerhøyde for Kemosj, moabittenes avskyelige gud, på fjellet øst for Jerusalem, og for Molok, ammonittenes avskyelige gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da bygde Salomo en høyde for Kamosh, Moabs motbydelighet, på høyden overfor Jerusalem, og for Molok, ammonittenes motbydelighet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da bygde Salomo et høydealter for Chemosh, som var ansett som en styggedom hos moabittene, på haugen foran Jerusalem, og et for Molech, styggedommen til ammonittenes barn.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da bygde Salomo en høyde for Kamosh, Moabs motbydelighet, på høyden overfor Jerusalem, og for Molok, ammonittenes motbydelighet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  På den tiden bygde Salomo et offersted for Kamos, moabittenes avskyelige gud, i fjellet øst for Jerusalem, og for Molek, ammonittenes avskyelige gud.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  På den tiden bygde Salomo en offerhaug for Kamosj, moabittenes avsky, på fjellet øst for Jerusalem, og for Molek, ammonittenes avsky.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da byggede Salomo en Høi til Camos, Moabs Vederstyggelighed, paa Bjerget, som ligger lige for Jerusalem, og til Molech, Ammons Børns Vederstyggelighed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Salomo bygde da et offersted for Kemosj, den avskyelige guden til moabittene, på høyden som er overfor Jerusalem, og for Molok, den avskyelige guden til ammonittenes barn.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da bygde Salomo en offerhøyde for Kamosj, Moabs avskyelighet, på fjellet som er foran Jerusalem, og for Molek, ammonittenes avskyelighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Salomo bygde en offerhaug for Kamosj, Moabs styggedom, på fjellet overfor Jerusalem, og for Molok, ammonittenes styggedom.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da bygde Salomo en høyde for Kamosj, Moabs avskyelighet, på fjellet øst for Jerusalem, og for Molok, ammonittenes avskyelighet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Salomo bygde også en offerhaug for Kamosj, Moabs avskyelige gud, på fjellet øst for Jerusalem, og for Molok, ammonittenes avskyelige gud.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The buylded Salomo an hie place vnto Chamos the abhominacio of ye Moabites (vpon the mount that lyeth before Ierusale) and vnto Moloch the abhominacion of the Ammnnites.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then did Salomon build an hie place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mountaine that is ouer against Ierusalem, and vnto Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For then dyd Solomon buylde an hye place for Chamos the abhomination of Moabim the hill that is before Hierusalem, & vnto Moloch the abhomination of the children of Ammon.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Then doth Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the hill that `is' on the front of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Solomon put up a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, in the mountain before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the disgusting god worshipped by the children of Ammon.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.

Referenced Verses

• Num 21:29 : 29 Woe to you, Moab! You have been destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon, king of the Amorites.
• Judg 11:24 : 24 Do you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, we will take possession of whatever the Lord our God has driven out before us.
• Acts 7:43 : 43 'You have taken up the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images you made to worship. Therefore, I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.'
• Rev 17:4-5 : 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her immorality. 5 On her forehead was written a name: 'Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Abominations of the Earth.'
• Gen 33:2 : 2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.
• Lev 20:2-5 : 2 Say to the Israelites, 'Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 I will set my face against that man and cut him off from among his people because he has given his children to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name. 4 But if the people of the land deliberately close their eyes to that man when he gives his children to Molech, and they fail to put him to death, 5 then I will set my face against that man and his family, and I will cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molech.
• Lev 26:30 : 30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and my soul will reject you.
• Num 33:52 : 52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
• Deut 13:14 : 14 that wicked men have come out from among you and led the inhabitants of their city astray, saying, 'Let us go and worship other gods'—gods you have not known—
• Deut 17:3-4 : 3 and they go and worship other gods, bowing down to them, or to the sun, the moon, or the stars in the sky, which I have not commanded, 4 and you are told about it and hear of it, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done in Israel,
• Deut 27:15 : 15 Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
• 2 Sam 15:30 : 30 David continued up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. All the people with him also covered their heads and were weeping as they went up.
• 2 Kgs 21:2-3 : 2 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the people of Israel. 3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, set up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the host of heaven and served them.
• 2 Kgs 23:10 : 10 He defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, so no one could make his son or daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
• 2 Kgs 23:13-14 : 13 The king also defiled the high places east of Jerusalem, on the south of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon, the king of Israel, had built for Ashtoreth, the detestable idol of the Sidonians, for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab, and for Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites. 14 He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with human bones.
• Ps 78:58 : 58 They angered Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.
• Isa 44:19 : 19 No one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, 'Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, roasted meat, and ate. Now, should I make an abomination of the rest? Should I bow down to a block of wood?'
• Jer 48:13 : 13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
• Ezek 18:12 : 12 oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, looks to idols, and does detestable things,
• Ezek 20:28-29 : 28 When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them, and they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there, provoked me with their offerings, placed their pleasing aromas, and poured out their drink offerings there. 29 I said to them: What is this high place to which you go? (It is called 'High Place' to this day.)
• Dan 11:31 : 31 Forces from him will rise up and desecrate the sanctuary fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
• Dan 12:11 : 11 From the time the daily sacrifice is taken away and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.
• Zech 14:4 : 4 On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which lies before Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a very great valley, so that half of the mountain will move northward and the other half southward.
• Matt 26:30 : 30 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
• Acts 1:9 : 9 After He had said this, He was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
• Acts 1:12 : 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.