# 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.

— 2 Kings 23:10, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Valley of Hinnom** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/valley-of-hinnom
- **Topheth** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/topheth

## When

- c. 622-609 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.

## Who ruled

- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 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

## See also

- Isaiah 30:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/30/33
- Jeremiah 19:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/19/6
- Leviticus 18:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/18/21
- Jeremiah 7:31-32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/7/31
- Joshua 15:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/15/8
- Jeremiah 32:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/32/35
- Deuteronomy 18:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/18/10
- Jeremiah 19:11-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/19/11

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/10
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).