OLD TESTAMENT

Amos 1:15

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and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together,” says the LORD.

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Verse 15. Melchom, the god or idol of the Ammonites, otherwise called Moloch, and Melech; which, in Hebrew signifies a king, or Melchom their king. Challoner.—He assumed the title of “their king.” Judges 11:14. Jeremiah 49:3. Bible.—Blind people, who could not see the vanity of such impotent gods! Calmet.—Both he. Septuagint “and their priests.” Bible.

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