MALCAM

(Malʹcam) [their king].

1. A Benjamite and a son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh.—1 Chron. 8:1, 8, 9.

2. The principal idol god of the Ammonites (2 Sam. 12:30; 1 Chron. 20:1, 2), also called Malcham. (Jer. 49:1, 3; Zeph. 1:5) Possibly the same as Milcom, Molech and Moloch.—1 Ki. 11:5, 7; Acts 7:43.