Discovery Box2 Chronicles 28:3 
Context28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, 1 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 2 whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 36:14
Context36:14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. 3 They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
1 sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.
2 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
3 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
