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Amos prophesied primarily to the northern kingdom of Israel during a period of relative prosperity under Jeroboam II, before the Assyrian conquest in 722 BC. Am 5:
סִכּ֣וּת (sik·kūṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5522: A foreign god
your king
מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם (mal·kə·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 4432: Molech -- a heathen god to whom Israelites sacrificed children
כִּיּ֣וּן (kî·yūn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3594: A statue, idol, for, some heathen deity
Sakkuth25 “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 26 You shall take up Sikkuth your king,
סִכּ֣וּת (sik·kūṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5522: A foreign god
your king
מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם (mal·kə·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 4432: Molech -- a heathen god to whom Israelites sacrificed children
and Kaiwanand Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves,
כִּיּ֣וּן (kî·yūn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3594: A statue, idol, for, some heathen deity
Brenton Septuagint Translation:27 and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.
BDAG Μολόχ:26 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Raephan, the images of them which ye made for yourselves.
BDAG Ραιφάν:Moloch, the Canaanite-Phoenician god of sky and sun
Just before Stephen was martyred, he quoted Am in Ac 7:Rephan, Rompha, a deity worshipped by some Israelites, put by the LXX in Am 5:26 in the place of כִּיּוּן (=Saturn)
Stephen used the LXX version.43 You took up the tent of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship; and I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’