2017年8月15日 · I might be over-reading the text, but I find it interesting that verse 21 suddenly talks about the sacrificing of babies to Ammonite idol, Molek. I feel like it's a bit "out of place" in the text, considering all the other commands talk about having dishonoring relationships.

2021年2月9日 · Rashi explains how nations would sacrifice their children to Molek: [AND THOU SHALT NOT LET ANY OF THY SEED PASS THROUGH THE FIRE] TO MOLECH — This was an idol the name of which was "Molech", and this was the manner in which it was worshipped: that he (the father) handed his child (lit., his son, but it applies to his daughter also; cf ...

If you examine the so-called ‘Star of David,’ or hexagram, closely, you discover something astonishing. It has six points, forms six equilateral triangles, and in its interior forms a six sided hexagon.

2022年4月25日 · 4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 5 He went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. 6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and went not fully after the ...

2022年11月19日 · Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him. - Leviticus 20:2. Suppose that some of the members of the community choose to look the other way when someone sacrifices one of their children to Molek.

2023年1月18日 · It was simply the disobedience of the Israelite, led to their woe. 1 Kings 11:7-8 read. 7 On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.

B) These should be interpreted as being related to idolatry and worship of Molek. This is hinted at by John Hartley in his commentary on Leviticus in the Word Biblical Commentary series and is also based on the proximity of 18:22 text to the proceeding verse, 21 which reads,

2023年6月26日 · Thus, the relatively uncommon phrase זנה + ב was sandwiched between two instances of the much more common biblical idiom זנה + אחרי ; it would thus not be surprising that a scribe miscopied the more common phrase in place of the less common one.In addition, the fact that מלך eventually came to be understood as the name of a deity ...

2021年11月9日 · I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place, the very names of the idolatrous priests— 5 those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by the Lord and who also swear by Molek,[b] 6 those who turn back from following the Lord and neither seek the Lord nor inquire of him.”

2024年1月5日 · The biblical text mentions the Amorites frequently but says little about their religion other than that it was idolatrous (1 Kings 21:26).