3. walked in the way of the kings of Israel —This is descriptive of the early part of his reign, when, like the kings of Israel, he patronized the symbolic worship of God by images but he gradually went farther into gross idolatry ( :- ). made his son to pass through the fire — ( 2 Kings 23:10 ). The hands of the idol Moloch being red hot, the children were passed through between them, which was considered a form of lustration. There is reason to believe that, in certain circumstances, the children were burnt to death ( 2 Kings 23:10- : ). This was strongly prohibited in the law ( Leviticus 18:21 ; Leviticus 20:2-5 ; Deuteronomy 18:10 ), although there is no evidence that it was practised in Israel till the time of Ahaz. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-2ki-16-001
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source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological