2Ki 23:10 | TNotes | STEP | 23:10 Topheth was a precinct in the valley of Ben-Hinnom , which lay southwest of the city of David and led into the Kidron Valley. The detestable rite of child sacrifice had occurred there. • Molech has been identified with a number of deities (see 1 Kgs 11:5 , 7 , 33 ) and with the name of a sacrifice offered to Baal (Jer 7:31-32 ; 19:5-6 ; 32:35 ).

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‏ 2 Kings 23:10

23:10 ^a Topheth was a precinct in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, which lay southwest of the city of David and led into the Kidron Valley. The detestable rite of child sacrifice had occurred there.

• Molech has been identified with a number of deities (see 1 Kgs 11:5 ^b, 7 ^c, 33 ^d) and with the name of a sacrifice offered to Baal (Jer 7:31-32 ^e; 19:5-6 ^f; 32:35 ^g).