10 He defiled Topheth,(A) which is in Ben Hinnom Valley,(B) so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire[a](C) to Molech.(D) 11 He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the Lord’s temple in the precincts by the chamber of Nathan-melech, the eunuch. He also burned the chariots of the sun.(E)

12 The king tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had made on the roof(F) of Ahaz’s upper chamber.(G) He also tore down the altars that Manasseh had made(H) in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. Then he smashed them[b] there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:10 Lit could make his son or daughter pass through the fire
  2. 23:12 Text emended; MT reads he ran from

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