Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Kings 11:5-7
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1 Kings11:5-7
5-7. Ashtoreth--Astarte,
Milcom--Molech,
and Chemosh--He built altars for these three; but, although he is described (1Ki 11:8) as doing the same for "all his strange wives," there is no evidence that they had idols distinct from these; and there is no trace whatever of Egyptian idolatry.
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