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1 Kings 11:7

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV 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.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then Solomon built a high place of worship for Chemosh, the disgusting idol of the Moabites, on the hill in front of Jerusalem, and also for Molech, the disgusting idol of the Ammonites.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse shows how Solomon compromised his faith by building places of worship for foreign gods to please his foreign wives.

📚 Historical Context

During King Solomon's reign over a united Israel in the 10th century BC, he married many foreign women as part of political alliances, which led him to compromise his faith by adopting their religious practices. This verse describes how Solomon built worship sites for Chemosh, the god of the Moabites, and Molech, the god of the Ammonites, on a hill near Jerusalem, directly defying God's commands in the Torah against idolatry. Such actions reflected the broader cultural temptation for ancient Israelites to blend with surrounding nations, ultimately contributing to spiritual decline.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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