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: 6th Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Jonathan Amos 5:26
Targum
25 Did you bring holy sacrifices and offerings before me for forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 26 You carried Sikkut your statue and Kiyyun your idol, your astral images which you had made for yourselves. 27 So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord; the God of hosts is his name.
Date: 200-300 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... Amos 5:26 ... The Masoretic Text has “your king”. The Targummic Aramaic mlk occurs in Isaiah 8:21; Zephaniah 1:5. In Zephaniah 1:5 it translates Milcom, the name of the Ammonite deity, but in Isaiah 8:21 it is a rendering for “king” as here. For a discussion of mlk as the title of a deity in these texts see now G.C. Heider, The Cult of Molek: A Reassessment and the review article of this work by D. Edelman, Journal of the American Oriental Society 107 ... the Masoretic text also has “your image” and “gods” in place of “images” here ..."
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