Add parallel Print Page Options

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.

12 The king demolished the altars[b] that the kings of Judah had built on the roof near the upper room of Ahaz as well as the two altars that Manasseh had built in the two courts of the temple of the Lord. He broke them to pieces and cast them into the Kidron Valley.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:10 Topheth: a crematory for the sacrifice of children.
  2. 2 Kings 23:12 Altars: dedicated to the astral divinities (see 2 Ki 21:3f; Jer 19:13; Zep 1:5).