2 Kings 3:27
English Standard Version Anglicised
27 Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place (A)and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel. And they withdrew from him and returned to their own land.
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2 Kings 3:27
New International Version
27 Then he took his firstborn(A) son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land.
2 Kings 16:3
English Standard Version Anglicised
3 but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. (A)He even burned his son as an offering,[a] (B)according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
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- 2 Kings 16:3 Or made his son pass through the fire
2 Kings 16:3
New International Version
3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel(A) and even sacrificed his son(B) in the fire, engaging in the detestable(C) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
2 Kings 21:6
English Standard Version Anglicised
6 (A)And he burned his son as an offering[a] and (B)used fortune-telling and (C)omens and dealt (D)with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
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- 2 Kings 21:6 Hebrew made his son pass through the fire
2 Kings 21:6
New International Version
6 He sacrificed his own son(A) in the fire, practiced divination,(B) sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(C) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing(D) his anger.
2 Kings 23:10
English Standard Version Anglicised
10 And he defiled (A)Topheth, which is (B)in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, (C)that no one might burn his son or his daughter as an offering to (D)Molech.[a]
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- 2 Kings 23:10 Hebrew might cause his son or daughter to pass through the fire for Molech
2 Kings 23:10
New International Version
10 He desecrated Topheth,(A) which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom,(B) so no one could use it to sacrifice their son(C) or daughter in the fire to Molek.
Leviticus 18:21
English Standard Version Anglicised
21 You shall not give any of your children to (A)offer them[a] to (B)Molech, and so (C)profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
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- Leviticus 18:21 Hebrew to make them pass through [the fire]
Leviticus 18:21
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21 “‘Do not give any of your children(A) to be sacrificed to Molek,(B) for you must not profane the name of your God.(C) I am the Lord.(D)
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