The primary god of the Ammonites.
About Milcom (Molech)
The national god of the Ammonites. He is better known as Molech or Moloch. The worship of this false god included the terrible practice of sacrificing children in fire. This type of worship was strictly forbidden to the Israelites (Leviticus 18:21; Jeremiah 32:35).
King Solomon built a place to worship Milcom (1 Kings 11:5, 33). Later, King Josiah destroyed this site (2 Kings 23:13). Milcom is translated as "king" in 2 Samuel 12:30 and 1 Chronicles 20:2.
Key References
Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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.
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
All Scripture References (6)
1 Kings (2)
Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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.
2 Kings (1)
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.
Jeremiah (2)
Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
Zephaniah (1)
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,