1 Kings 11:5-7

11:5

Astarte <06253> [Ashtoreth.]

god Milcom <04445> [Milcom.]

[Molech.]

[Malcham.]

11:6

remain loyal <0310 04390> [went not fully after. Heb. fulfilled not after.]

11:7

built ... high place <01129 01116> [build an high.]

god Chemosh <03645> [Chemosh.]

detestable ........ detestable <08251> [abomination.]

hill <02022> [the hill.]

This was the mount of Olives, which lay east of Jerusalem; and that the Hebrews would consider before it, while the west would be behind it; for the very term used to denote the east, {kedem,} means before, while {acharon,} behind, sometimes signifies the west.