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Amos 5 condemns Israel for worshiping foreign gods named “Sikkuth” and “Kiyyun.” These names were difficult to translate, and the Greek Septuagint struggled to make sense of them, translating “Sikkuth” as “tent,” a guess based on a similar Hebrew word.
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Amos 5:26

Hebrew Bible
25 You did not bring me sacrifices and grain offerings during the 40 years you spent in the wilderness, family of Israel. 26 You will pick up your images of Sikkuth, your king, and Kiyyun, your star god, which you made for yourselves, 27 and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord. He is called the God of Heaven’s Armies.
Date: 600–501 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)

LXX Amos 5:26

Septuagint
25 Have you offered to me victims and sacrifices, house of Israel, forty years in the wilderness? 26 Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Molech, and the star of your god Rephan, the images of them which you made for yourselves. 27 And I will carry you away beyond Damascus, says the Lord, the Almighty God is his name.
Date: 100–1 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
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