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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Molech (A male deity in the Old Testament)
A god of the Canaanites and Ammonites, worshipped with the sacrifice of children. The law forbids it again and again, and still some kings did it, Ahaz and Manasseh among them.
First, in plain English
A god of the Canaanites and Ammonites, worshipped with the sacrifice of children. The law forbids it again and again, and still some kings did it, Ahaz and Manasseh among them.
Who this is
Molech was a Canaanite and Ammonite deity associated with child sacrifice, and the Old Testament repeatedly and explicitly forbids Israelites from giving their children to Molech, a practice several kings, including Ahaz and Manasseh, were condemned for adopting anyway.
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The word
H4432
Where it appears
- Leviticus 18:21
- Leviticus 20:2
- Leviticus 20:3
- Leviticus 20:4
- Leviticus 20:5
- 1 Kings 11:7
- 2 Kings 23:10
- Jeremiah 32:35
