2 Kings 23:10

10 And he defiled 1Topheth, which is 2in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, 3that no one might burn his son or his daughter as an offering to 4Molech.[a]

2 Kings 23:10 In-Context

8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had made offerings, from Geba to Beersheba. And he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one's left at the gate of the city.
9 However, the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no one might burn his son or his daughter as an offering to Molech.
11 And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts. And he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
12 And the altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, he pulled down and broke in pieces and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Isaiah 30:33; Jeremiah 7:31, 32; Jeremiah 19:6, 11-14
  • 2. See Joshua 15:8
  • 3. See Leviticus 18:21
  • 4. See 1 Kings 11:7

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew might cause his son or daughter to pass through the fire for Molech
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