The priests of the high places, however, did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; instead, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.(A)

10 He defiled Topheth,(B) which is in Ben Hinnom Valley,(C) so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire[a](D) to Molech.(E) 11 He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the Lord’s temple in the precincts by the chamber of Nathan-melech, the eunuch. He also burned the chariots of the sun.(F)

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  1. 23:10 Lit could make his son or daughter pass through the fire

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