Cross references

Zephaniah 1:5

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,

Zephaniah 1:5 BSB
  1. a Or by their king; Milcom is a variant of Molech; see Leviticus 18:21 and 1 Kings 11:7.

Zephaniah 1:5 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 18 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Kings 17:33 (7 votes) and Jeremiah 19:13 (7 votes). 40 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Genesis 24 to Revelation 3.

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Which verses does Zephaniah 1:5 point to?

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  1. They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

  2. The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”

  3. 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.

  4. Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

  5. So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

  6. He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

  7. You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

  8. So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

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

  10. One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”

  11. Hosea 4:154 votes
  12. Amos 5:264 votes

Which verses point to Zephaniah 1:5?

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