2 Kings 23
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2 Kings 23:10-14

10He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom1 so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire2 to Molech. 11And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court3 near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.

12He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there4 and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

13The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom5 the abomination of the Ammonites. 14He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 23:10 Or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 23:10 Literally could pass his son or daughter through the fire ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 23:11 Hebrew parbarim ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 23:12 Or quickly removed them from there ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 23:13 Milcom is a variant of Molech; see Leviticus 18:21 and 1 Kings 11:7. ↩

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