2 Kings 23:10
ContextNETBible | The king 1 ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech. 2 |
XREF | Le 18:21; De 18:10; Jos 15:8; 2Ki 16:3; 2Ki 17:17; 2Ki 21:6; 2Ch 28:3; 2Ch 33:6; Isa 30:33; Jer 7:31,32; Jer 19:2; Jer 19:6,11-13; Jer 32:35; Eze 16:21; Eze 20:26,31; Eze 23:37-39; Mt 5:22 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 2 sn Attempts to identify this deity with a god known from the ancient Near East have not yet yielded a consensus. For brief discussions see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor II Kings (AB), 288 and HALOT 592 s.v. מֹלֶךְ. For more extensive studies see George C. Heider, The Cult of Molek, and John Day, Molech: A God of Human Sacrifice in the Old Testament. |