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The king defiles Topheth in the valley of the children of Hinnom, and breaks down the altars and casts their dust into the brook Kidron

왕이 힌놈의 아들 골짜기의 도벳을 더럽게 하고 단들을 헐어 그 가루를 기드론 시내에 쏟아버림

2 Kings 23:10–14: the king defiles 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. He takes away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the LORD’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court; and he burns the chariots of the sun with fire. The king breaks down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the LORD’s house, and beats them down from there, and casts their dust into the brook Kidron. The king defiles the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon. He breaks in pieces the pillars, cuts down the Asherah poles, and fills their places with men’s bones. WEB reads “He” at 23:10 and 23:14, where the Korean Revised Version names the king (왕이); the Korean names no one at 23:11 and 23:13, where WEB reads “He” and “The king”. It reads 그 자녀를 for “his son or his daughter” (23:10), 시종 나단멜렉의 집 곁에 for “by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court” (23:11), 멸망산 for “the mountain of corruption”, and 모압 사람의 가증한 그모스, Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, for “Chemosh the abomination of Moab” (23:13).

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2KI 23:10–14, engwebp
¹⁰He 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.
¹¹He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the LORD’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
¹²The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the LORD’s house, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.
¹³The king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.
¹⁴He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.
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Evidence: 2 Kings 23:10–14
The king defiles Topheth in the valley of the children of Hinnom, and breaks down the altars and casts their dust into the brook Kidron — Narrated location — Topheth

Evidence: 2 Kings 23:10–14
The king defiles Topheth in the valley of the children of Hinnom, and breaks down the altars and casts their dust into the brook Kidron — Narrated location — Valley of the Children of Hinnom

Evidence: 2 Kings 23:10–14
The king defiles Topheth in the valley of the children of Hinnom, and breaks down the altars and casts their dust into the brook Kidron — Narrated location — the brook Kidron

Evidence: 2 Kings 23:10–14

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Entry: The king defiles Topheth in the valley of the children of Hinnom, and breaks down the altars and casts their dust into the brook Kidron (event-2ki-23-topheth-in-the-valley-of-the-children-of-hinnom-defiled)
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Current wording: 2 Kings 23:10–14: the king defiles 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. He takes away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the LORD’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court; and he burns the chariots of the sun with fire. The king breaks down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the LORD’s house, and beats them down from there, and casts their dust into the brook Kidron. The king defiles the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon. He breaks in pieces the pillars, cuts down the Asherah poles, and fills their places with men’s bones. WEB reads “He” at 23:10 and 23:14, where the Korean Revised Version names the king (왕이); the Korean names no one at 23:11 and 23:13, where WEB reads “He” and “The king”. It reads 그 자녀를 for “his son or his daughter” (23:10), 시종 나단멜렉의 집 곁에 for “by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court” (23:11), 멸망산 for “the mountain of corruption”, and 모압 사람의 가증한 그모스, Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, for “Chemosh the abomination of Moab” (23:13).
Cited evidence: 2KI 23:10–14, engwebp
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