2Ki 23:10 | HCSB | STEP | He defiled Topheth , which is in the Valley of Hinnom , so that no one could make his son or daughter pass through the fire to Molech .

2 Kings 23:10

10 He defiled ^{▼▼Topheth: A place of human sacrifice outside Jerusalem in the Hinnom Valley; Jr 7:31-32; see "hell/hellfire"}Topheth, ^b which is in the Valley of Hinnom, ^c so that no one could make his son or daughter pass through the fire ^d to ^{▼▼Molech: A Canaanite god associated with death and the underworld. The worship ritual of passing someone through the fire is connected with him. This ritual could have been either fire-walking or child sacrifice.}Molech. ^f