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2 Kings 23:9-11
New Catholic Bible
2 Kings 23:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 Although the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the Lord, they did eat the unleavened bread with their brethren.
10 He desecrated Topheth[a] in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in fire to Molech. 11 He removed the horses that the king of Judah had dedicated to the sun at the entrance to the temple of the Lord. They had been in the court near the room of the official Nathan-melech. He burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.
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- 2 Kings 23:10 Topheth: a crematory for the sacrifice of children.