2 Kings 23:10
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Valley of Hinnom, Topheth
- WHEN
- c. 622-609 BC
ON THE MAP
WHEN
c. 622-609 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Neco II pharaoh of Egypt 610-595 BC
- Josiah king of Judah 640-609 BC
MEANWHILE
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612 BC Assyria
Fall of Nineveh
The empire that took the northern kingdom captive vanishes within a generation, as Nahum 3 announces.
SOURCES
- date — 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.
- Neco II — Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- Josiah — 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record
- Fall of Nineveh — Chronicle of Nabopolassar (ABC 3)
SEE ALSO
- Isaiah 30:33 For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of…
- Jeremiah 19:6 So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
- Leviticus 18:21 You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- Jeremiah 7:31-32 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My…
- Joshua 15:8 From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of…
- Jeremiah 32:35 They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever…
- Deuteronomy 18:10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
- Jeremiah 19:11-13 and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be…
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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