Milcom (Malcam, Malkam, Malcham, Milkowm)

Meaning: High king; their king

This was the name of the god of the Ammonite people. 2 Kings 23:13 calls it “the abomination of the children of Ammon.” This was one of the idols that the disobedient King Solomon honored with a high place building on the Mount of Olives (1 Kings 11:5, 7, 33). Good King Josiah later destroyed the structure (2 Kings 23:13). Milcom may also have been known as Molech or Moloch (1 Kings 11:7).

ALSO SEE:

• Malcam
• Moloch
• Molech
• Tophet
• Ammonites
• Idol
• Idolatry