Milcom (Heb. Milkôm, “their king” or “their king”). God of the Ammonites (1Ki 11:5, 33; 2Ki 23:13; Zep. 1:5). Nothing is known about this god from extra-biblical sources, although the name appears on Ammonite seals and on a stone inscription from the 4th century BC found in the excavations of the citadel of Amman. Also, a god Mlkm is mentioned in the Ugarit texts. The term simply means “king” (with the familiar ending om), and may have been a title rather than a name (as with Baal, a title meaning “lord,” “master,” applied to many local gods). of the Canaanites). Some suggest that 1Ki 11:7 should read “Milcom” instead of “Moloc”, supposing that the final m disappeared from the Hebrew name (vs 5, 33). Millennium. Term that does not appear in the Scriptures but that comes from lat. mille annus, and simply means “thousand years” (Gr. jília ét’). The word has been used by the Christian church to indicate the specific period of 1,000 years of Rev_20, where this expression appears 6 times (vs 1-7). Any definition or description of the millennium must be based on Rev_19 and 20, since these are the only chapters in all of Scripture that deal with the subject. Furthermore, an accurate understanding of the events related to this 1,000-year period must take into account that these 2 chapters form a continuous narrative; that is, the events presented in ch 20 immediately follow those described in ch 19. There is considerable difference of opinion among commentators on this subject. There are 3 main schools of interpretation: premillennialist, postmillennialist, and amillennialist (for a presentation of these views see CBA 7: 899, 900). The sequence of events is as follows: I. Events preceding the minenium. 1. Christ comes for the 2nd time. In vivid symbolic language, 788 Christ is described as a king who rides on a white horse to subdue his enemies and deliver his faithful followers (19:11-16). 2. The wicked, enemies of Christ, are destroyed. The beast and the false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire (v 20) and the “remnant” (v 21) or “remnant” of the wicked are killed. These are kings, captains, mighty men, and “all, free and slave, small and great” (v 18). 3. The righteous dead are raised (Rev 20:4-6; cÆ’ 1Co 15:51, 52; 1Th 4:15, 16). This resurrection is called “the first resurrection” (Rev 20:5). The resurrected, along with the righteous who are alive at the time of the coming, are translated “to meet the Lord in the air” (1Th 4:17).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
†¢Moloc.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(from a root meaning: †œking† ).
It must have been another name for Molech, the god of the Ammonites. When King Solomon turned away from true worship late in his reign, he built high places to Milcom and other gods. (1Ki 11:4, 5, 7, 33; 2Ki 23:13; see Mi“LEK.)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
In this orthographic form we have a distortion (or alternative form) of the name of the national deity of the *ammonites. The basic root mlk allows the identification of the three Biblical forms of the name (milkom, malkam, mōleḵ). In 1 Kings 11.5 Solomon is said to have married an Ammonite princess and “followed… Milcom, the abominable idol of the Ammonites.” Josías demolished the high place that Salomón had raised for this god (2 R. 23.13).
However, it is possible that in some OT passages the term mōleḵ refers to a sacrifice, as in some Phoenician (Punic) inscriptions from N Africa. Certain OT passages could be interpreted as saying that they put children through the fire for (or, as) sacrifice mōleḵ. However, in other passages the reference is to a deity. (* malcam; * Molech )
Bibliography. R. de Vaux, Institutions of the Old Testament, 1985, pp. 528ff; id., Ancient History of Israel, 1975, t
WF Albright, Archeology and the Religion of Israel, 1953, pp. 162–164; DR Ap-Thomas in POTT, p. 271; R. de Vaux, Studies in Old Testament Sacrifice, 1964, pp. 52–90; ARW Green, The Role of Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East, 1976.
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Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary