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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Milcom canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ammonite deity ⓘ
deity ⓘ
associatedWith Ammonite monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Ammonite Kingdom

Jerusalem (as a foreign cult in biblical texts) ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
royal ideology ⓘ
attestedIn epigraphic evidence from Ammon ⓘ
category West Semitic god ⓘ
culture Ammonites ⓘ
describedAs chief god of the Ammonites ⓘ
geographicContext ancient Levant ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Malkam ⓘ
Molech (sometimes identified or conflated) ⓘ
linked to: Moloch
hasIconography depictions on Ammonite seals and inscriptions (probable) ⓘ
mentionedIn 1 Kings 11:33 ⓘ
1 Kings 11:5 ⓘ
2 Kings 23:13 ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
nameLanguage Northwest Semitic ⓘ
nameMeaning their king ⓘ
opposedBy Yahwistic religion in biblical texts ⓘ
region Transjordan ⓘ
religion Ammonite religion ⓘ
scholarlyDiscussion often discussed in relation to Molech and other regional deities ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age Levant ⓘ
worshipCentre Rabbah of the Ammonites ⓘ
worshippedBy Ammonites ⓘ
worshippedInRegion east of the Jordan River ⓘ
worshipStatusInBible condemned as idolatry ⓘ
worshipType state cult ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Ammon → mainDeity → Milcom ⓘ
Ammon → chiefDeity → Milcom ⓘ
Ammonites → deity → Milcom ⓘ