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(Heb. Milkom', îַìְëֹּí , their king, 1Ki_11:5; Sept. Ìåë÷ώì and Ìåë÷üì , Vulg. Moloch; 2Ki_23:13, Ìïëü÷ , Melchom; also MALCHAM, Heb. Malkam', îִìְëָּí , id., Jer_49:1; Jer_49:3, Sept. Ìåë÷üë ,Vulg. Melchom, “their king;” but this last is the proper rendering in Amo_1:15; Zep_1:5, in which latter passage the Auth. Vers. has “Malcham”), the principal deity of the Ammonites (Jer_49:1; Jer_49:3), for whose worship Solomon erected altars on the Mount of Olives, hence called the Hill of Offence (2Ki_23:13). Milcom is usually regarded as the same as Molech or Moloch, although the latter was worshipped in a different place and manner, namely, by the offering of children in the flames of the valley of Hinnom (see Keil, Comment. ad loc. Kings; Movers, Phon. page 324 sq.; Ewald, Isr. Gesch. 3:100). SEE MOLOCH.