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The Horror of Topheth
Commentators explain that Topheth, in the Valley of Hinnom, was the site of horrific child sacrifice to the god Molech. The name 'Topheth' may derive from the Hebrew word for 'drum,' as drums were beaten loudly to drown out the screams of the sacrificed children. Josiah's defilement of this place was a decisive and necessary act to end this abomination.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 23:4–20
18th Century
Theologian
A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah.
The priests of the second order - This is a new exp…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 23:10
19th Century
Bishop
Topheth. —Heb. the Topheth; i.e., the burning place, or hearth, if the word is rightly derived from the Persian tôften, “…
John Gill
On 2 Kings 23:10
17th Century
Pastor
And he defiled Topheth
A place so called, as is generally thought, from the beating of drums or timbrels in it, that…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 23:4–14
17th Century
Minister
What abundance of wickedness in Judah and Jerusalem! One would not have believed it possible that in Judah, where God was known, in Israel, where h…