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מַלְכָּם

mal.kamMalcam
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man4 occurrences3 books4 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • Malcam: Son of Shaharaim, a Benjamite
  • Molech: Canaanite deity associated with child sacrifice

Definition

or מִלְכּוֹם; from H4428 for H4432; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites
Traditional renderings: Malcham, Milcom.

Glossary entries

Milcom Molech Malcam Malcham Moloch

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

4 total
  1. 1 Kings 11:5מִלְכֹּ֔ם · and Milcom
    Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  2. 1 Kings 11:33וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖ם · and Milcom
    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.
  3. 2 Kings 23:13וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖ם · and for Milcom
    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.
  4. 1 Chronicles 8:9מַלְכָּֽם׃ · Malcam
    His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,