2 Kings 23:10 meaning and explanation
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
2 Kings 23:10, Berean Standard Bible
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Josiah, having heard the Book of the Covenant read aloud and renewed the covenant, now clears away the corruptions of Manasseh's long reign. Topheth was a site in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, just outside Jerusalem, where children were burned as offerings to Molech, a god of the Ammonites.
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