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Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
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Idolatry is Demonic
Commentators explain that the word translated 'devils' (Hebrew: shêdiym) refers to demonic powers. This aligns with the New Testament teaching that sacrificing to idols is, in reality, sacrificing to demons (1 Cor. 10:20). The psalm reveals that idolatry isn't a neutral ritual but a direct engagement with forces hostile to God, whom one scholar calls the 'destroyers of mankind.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters - See (2 Kings 16:3); (Ezekiel 16:20); ([Reference Ezek…
19th Century
Anglican
The national sin after the settlement in Canaan.
Baptist
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,…
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16th Century
Protestant
And they sacrificed—the prophet here mentions one type of superstition that demonstrates the awful blindness of the people: their not hesi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils . Who have their name…
The conduct of the Israelites in Canaan, and God's dealings with them, show that the way of sin is downhill; omissions make way for commissions: wh…
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