Acts 7:43

Ye took up] viz. to carry in a religious procession, or, to carry from one halting-place to another. The tabernacle of Moloch] a profane imitation of the tabernacle of Jehovah. Moloch (Molech, or Milcom) was an idol of the Ammonites to whom children were offered. His image is said to have been hollow, heated from below, with the head of an ox, and outstretched arms in which children were laid, their cries of agony being stifled by the beating of drums. The Heb., however, should probably be translated not 'the tabernacle of Moloch' (LXX and AV), but 'Siccuth, your king' (another false god). The star of your god Remphan] i.e. his star-emblem. The Heb. has Chiun (not Remphan), i.e. the planet Saturn. Beyond Babylon] Amos says, 'beyond Damascus.' Stephen has adapted the prophecy (according to the rabbinical fashion) to later events.