Cross references

2 Kings 23:13

The 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 the abomination of the Ammonites.

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

2 Kings 23:13 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Kings 11:5 (5 votes) and 1 Kings 11:7 (5 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Exodus 8 to Matthew 1.

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Which verses does 2 Kings 23:13 point to?

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  1. Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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

  3. Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.

  4. for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

  5. And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

  6. Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.

  7. So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.

  8. Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

  9. For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

  10. Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.

  11. those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

Which verses point to 2 Kings 23:13?

The 10 strongest of 26.