2Ki 23:10, Isa 30:33, Jer 7:31 | Geneva | STEP | And he defiled {k} 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. (k) Which was a valley near to Jerusalem, and signifies a tabret because they smote on the tabret while their children were burning, that their cry should not be heard, , after which Josiah commanded trash to be cast in contempt of it.

2 Kings 23:10

And he defiled {k} 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.

(k) Which was a valley near to Jerusalem, and signifies a tabret because they smote on the tabret while their children were burning, that their cry should not be heard, Le 18:21, after which Josiah commanded trash to be cast in contempt of it.

Isaiah 30:33

For {g} Tophet [is] ordained of old; yea, for the {h} king it is prepared; he hath made [it] {i} deep [and] large: the pile of it [is] fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

(g) Here it is taken for hell, where the wicked are tormented, read 2Ki 23:10. (h) So that their estate or degree cannot exempt the wicked. (i) By these figurative speeches he declares the condition of he wicked after this life.

Jeremiah 7:31

And they have built the high places of {q} Tophet, which [is] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I {r} commanded [them] not, neither came it into my heart.

(q) Of Topheth, read 2Ki 23:10. (r) But commanded the opposite, as in Le 18:21,20:3, De 18:10.