2 Kings 23:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And 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.”

2 Kings 23:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Kings 23:10 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Kings 23:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

2 Kings 23:10 — World English Bible

2 Kings 23:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And 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. ”

2 Kings 23:10 — American Standard Version

2 Kings 23:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And he hath defiled Topheth, that <FI>is<Fi> in the valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no man doth cause his son and his daughter to pass over through fire to Molech.”

2 Kings 23:10 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 23:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, that no man might cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. ”

2 Kings 23:10 — Darby Translation

2 Kings 23:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“He defiled also Topheth, which was in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man shoulde make his sonne or his daughter passe through the fire to Molech.”

2 Kings 23:10 — Geneva Bible

2 Kings 23:10 in Context — 2 Kings 23

8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer–sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.

9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

10 And 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.

11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan–melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

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