Malcham
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
1 Chronicles 8:9 Zephaniah 1:5 1 Chronicles 8:9 2 Zephaniah 1:5 malcam Milcom Jeremiah 49:1 49:3 Zephaniah 1:5 1 Kings 11:33 Zephaniah 1:5 1 Kings 11:33 2 Kings 23:13 1 Kings 11:7 Amos 1:15 malcam MilcomMolech
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
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.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]
("their king".) Another form of Milcom and Moloch, the idol of Moab and Ammon ( Zephaniah 1:5; Jeremiah 49:1-3; Amos 1:15).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(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).
