1 Kings 11:7

Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

Ver. 7. For Chemosh.] Unde Kωμος et Comessatio. Some take it to be Bacchus, others Pluto.

In the hill that is before Jerusalem.] Even in Mount Olivet - called for that cause, the "mount of corruption" and of "scandal" 2Ki 23:13 - in the very face of God's house; so that God never looked out of the sanctuary, but he saw that vile hill of abominations.