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1 Kings 11:7

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build an high: Leviticus 26:30; Numbers 33:52; 2 Kings 21:2-3, 2 Kings 23:13-14; Psalms 78:58; Ezekiel 20:28-29

Chemosh: Numbers 21:29; Judges 11:24; Jeremiah 48:13

abomination: Deuteronomy 13:14, Deuteronomy 17:3-4, Deuteronomy 27:15; Isaiah 44:19; Ezekiel 18:12; Daniel 11:31, Daniel 12:11; Revelation 17:4-5

the hill: This was the mount of Olives, which lay east of Jerusalem; and that the Hebrews would consider before it, while the west would be behind it; for the very term used to denote the east, kedem:, means before, while acharon:, behind, sometimes signifies the west. Genesis 33:2; 2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Kings 23:13; Zechariah 14:4; Matthew 26:30; Acts 1:9, Acts 1:12

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