Occurrences
Môlek occurs 9 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (5), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), Jeremiah (1), Amos (1)
- Leviticus 18:21 — And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech (לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ), neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 20:2 — Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech (לַמֹּ֖לֶךְ); he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
- Leviticus 20:3 — And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech (לַמֹּ֔לֶךְ), to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
- Leviticus 20:4 — And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech (לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ), and kill him not:
- Leviticus 20:5 — Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech (הַמֹּ֖לֶךְ), from among their people.
- 1 Kings 11:7 — Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech (וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְ), the abomination of the children of Ammon.
- 2 Kings 23:10 — And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech (לַמֹּֽלֶךְ).
- Jeremiah 32:35 — And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech (לַמֹּלֶךְ֒); which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
- Amos 5:26 — But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.