Malcham
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
("their king".) Another form of Milcom and Moloch, the idol of Moab and Ammon (Zephaniah 1:5; Jeremiah 49:1-3; Amos 1:15).
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
1 Chronicles 8:9Zephaniah 1:51 Chronicles 8:92Zephaniah 1:5 malcam Milcom Jeremiah 49:149:3Zephaniah 1:51 Kings 11:33Zephaniah 1:51 Kings 11:332 Kings 23:131 Kings 11:7Amos 1:15 malcam MilcomMolech
Hitchcock's Bible Names [3]
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
1. Son ofShaharaim, a Benjamite. 1 Chronicles 8:9 .
2. An idol worshipped by some Jews who also professed to worship Jehovah. Zephaniah 1:5 . Some judge it to have been the same as Molech.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(Heb. Malkam', מִלְכָּם, their king, as often [and as it should be rendered in Zephaniah 1:5, instead of the Auth.Vers. "Malcham," i.e. MOROCH]; Septuag. Μελχάμ v. r. Μελχάς,Vullg. Molchom), the fourth-named of the seven sons of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh (1 Chronicles 8:9). B.C. prob. 1612. (See Milcom).
