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Bible Encyclopedias
Milcom
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Milkom', מַלְכֹּם , their king, 1 Kings 11:5; Sept. Μελχώμ and Μελχόμ, Vulg. Moloch; 2 Kings 23:13, Μολόχ, Melchom; also MALCHAM, Heb. Malkam', מִלְכָּם, id., Jeremiah 49:1; Jeremiah 49:3, Sept. Μελχόλ,Vulg. Melchom, "their king;" but this last is the proper rendering in Amos 1:15; Zephaniah 1:5, in which latter passage the Auth. Vers. has "Malcham"), the principal deity of the Ammonites (Jeremiah 49:1; Jeremiah 49:3), for whose worship Solomon erected altars on the Mount of Olives, hence called the Hill of Offence (2 Kings 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).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Milcom'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/m/milcom.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
