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Solomon builds high places for Chemosh and Molech while foreign wives burn incense and sacrifice; no graphic child sacrifice.
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1 Kings 11:7-8

High places opposite Jerusalem

Solomon’s Divided Allegiance · 1 Kings 11

Story guide: Solomon's high places rise on the hill facing Jerusalem as his foreign wives burn incense and sacrifice; the passage gives no details of the shrines, and the scene shows no child sacrifice.

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7Then Solomon built a shrine for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill facing Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the Ammonites.

8He did the same for all his foreign wives, who were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.

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