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Amos 5:26 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Amos 5:26 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 5 verse 26 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. the tabernacle: or, Siccuth your king”
Amos 5:26 (KJV)
Commentary on Amos 5:26
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images (וּנְשָׂאתֶם אֵת סִכּוּת מַלְכְּכֶם וְאֵת כִּיּוּן צַלְמֵיכֶם, un'satem et sikkut malkechem v'et kiyun tzalmeichem)—Moloch (מֹלֶךְ, molech) was the Ammonite deity requiring child sacrifice; Chiun/Kiyyun (כִּיּוּן, kiyun) likely refers to a star deity, possibly Saturn. The star of your god, which ye made to yourselves (כּוֹכַב אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶם, kochav eloheichem asher asitem lachem)—they created gods with their own hands, inverting the Creator-creature relationship.Idolatry always involves exchanging the trut...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Amos 5:26
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“which the kings of Judah had made”
“and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians”