Milcom
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Milcom is the chief god of the ancient Ammonites, often associated with kingship and venerated in the region east of the Jordan River.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ammonite deity
ⓘ
deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ammonite monarchy
NERFINISHED
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Jerusalem (as a foreign cult in biblical texts) NERFINISHED ⓘ kingship ⓘ royal ideology ⓘ |
| attestedIn | epigraphic evidence from Ammon ⓘ |
| category | West Semitic god ⓘ |
| culture | Ammonites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | chief god of the Ammonites ⓘ |
| geographicContext | ancient Levant ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Malkam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Molech (sometimes identified or conflated) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIconography | depictions on Ammonite seals and inscriptions (probable) ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Kings 11:33
ⓘ
1 Kings 11:5 ⓘ 2 Kings 23:13 ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| nameLanguage | Northwest Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | their king ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Yahwistic religion in biblical texts ⓘ |
| region | Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Ammonite religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyDiscussion | often discussed in relation to Molech and other regional deities ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Iron Age Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshipCentre | Rabbah of the Ammonites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshippedBy | Ammonites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshippedInRegion | east of the Jordan River ⓘ |
| worshipStatusInBible | condemned as idolatry ⓘ |
| worshipType | state cult ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.