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He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah.
2 Kings 23:4
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19th Century
Anglican
Topheth. —Heb. the Topheth; i.e., the burning place, or hearth, if the word is rightly derived from the Persian tôften, “…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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