Lev 18:21, 2Ki 16:3, 2Ch 33:6, Psa 106:37-38, Jer 2:34, 32:35 | TSK | STEP | pass through.Molech signifies a king, or governor, of similar import with Baâl, lord, or governor; and it is generally supposed that the sun was worshipped under this name; and more particularly as the fire appears to have been so much employed in his worship. It seems clear that children were not only consecrated to him by passing through the fire, which appears to be alluded to here, but that they were actually made a burnt offering to him. (See the parallel passages.) That the several abominations afterwards mentioned were actually practised by many heathen nations is abundantly attested by their own writers. to Molech. Moloch. profane.

Leviticus 18:21

pass through.Molech signifies a king, or governor, of similar import with Baâl, lord, or governor; and it is generally supposed that the sun was worshipped under this name; and more particularly as the fire appears to have been so much employed in his worship. It seems clear that children were not only consecrated to him by passing through the fire, which appears to be alluded to here, but that they were actually made a burnt offering to him. (See the parallel passages.) That the several abominations afterwards mentioned were actually practised by many heathen nations is abundantly attested by their own writers.

20:2; De 12:31; 18:10; 2Ki 16:3; 21:6; 23:10; Ps 106:37,38; Jer 7:31

Jer 19:5; Eze 20:31; 23:37

to Molech.

1Ki 11:7,33; Am 5:26; Ac 7:43

Moloch.

profane.

19:12; 20:2-5; 21:6; 22:2,32; Eze 36:20-23; Mal 1:12; Ro 1:23; 2:24

2 Kings 16:3

he walked.

8:18; 1Ki 12:28-30; 16:31-33; 21:25,26; 22:52,53; 2Ch 22:3; 28:2-4

made his son.

17:17; 23:10; Le 18:21; 20:2; De 12:31; 18:10; 2Ch 33:6; Ps 106:37

Ps 106:38; Jer 32:35; Eze 16:21; 20:26,31

according.

21:2,11; De 12:31; 1Ki 14:24; 2Ch 33:2; Ps 106:35; Eze 16:47

2 Chronicles 33:6

caused.

28:3; Le 18:21; 20:2; De 12:31; 18:10; 2Ki 21:6; 23:10; Jer 7:31,32

Eze 23:37,39

he observed.

Le 19:26; 20:6; De 18:10-14; 1Sa 15:23; 2Ki 17:17; Isa 47:9-12

Ga 5:20

dealt.

2Ki 21:6; 23:24; 1Ch 10:13; Isa 8:19; 19:3

Psalms 106:37-38

they sacrificed.However unnatural and horrid human sacrifices may appear, it is certain, that they did not only exist, but almost universally prevailed in the heathen world, especially among the Canaanites and Phoenicians.

De 12:30,31; 18:10; 2Ki 16:3; 17:17; 21:6; Isa 57:5; Jer 7:31; 32:35

Eze 16:20,21; 20:26; 23:37,47

devils.

Le 17:7; De 32:17; 2Ch 11:15; 1Co 10:20; Ro 9:20

shed.

De 21:9; 2Ki 21:16; 24:4; Jer 2:34

the land.

Nu 35:33; Isa 1:15; 26:21; Eze 7:23; 22:3