§ Molech = "king" the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom
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H4432 — מֹ֫לֶךְ
mo.lekh · Molech · Hebrew/Aramaic
8 tagged verse occurrences
Leviticus 18:21 · לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ“‘You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.Leviticus 20:2 · לַמֹּ֖לֶךְ“Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, ‘Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his seed to Molech; he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.Leviticus 20:3 · לַמֹּ֔לֶךְI also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.Leviticus 20:4 · לַמֹּ֑לֶךְIf the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and don’t put him to death;Leviticus 20:5 · הַמֹּ֖לֶךְthen I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.1 Kings 11:7 · וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְThen Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.2 Kings 23:10 · לַמֹּֽלֶךְ׃He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.Jeremiah 32:35 · לַמֹּלֶךְ֒They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through fire to Molech; which I didn’t command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.