7 by never going in among these nations,+ these that remain with YOU. And YOU must not mention the names of their gods+ nor swear by them,+ neither must YOU serve them nor bow down to them.+

33 The reason why is that they have left me+ and begun to bow down to Ashʹto·reth+ the goddess* of the Si·doʹni·ans, to Cheʹmosh+ the god* of Moʹab and to Milʹcom+ the god of the sons of Amʹmon; and they have not walked in my ways by doing what is right in my eyes and my statutes and my judicial decisions like David his father.

49 For the sons of Amʹmon+ this is what Jehovah has said: “Are there no sons that Israel has, or is there no inheritor that he has? Why is it that Malʹcam*+ has taken possession of Gad,*+ and his own people have taken up dwelling in [Israel’s]* very cities?”+