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For Solomon went after ^(e)Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after ^[d](f)Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites.

because they have forsaken Me, and ^(ag)have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, ^(ah)Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did.

The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of ^(w)the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for ^(x)Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for ^(y)Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.