* pass through.
Molech signifies a king, or governor, of similar import with
Ba(836c), lord, or governor; and it is generally supposed that
the sun was worshipped under this name; and more particularly
as the fire appears to have been so much employed in his
worship. It seems clear that children were not only
consecrated to him by passing through the fire, which appears
to be alluded to here, but that they were actually made a
burnt offering to him. (See the parallel passages.) That
the several abominations afterwards mentioned were actually
practised by many heathen nations is abundantly attested by
their own writers.
20:2 De 12:31 18:10 2Ki 16:3 21:6 23:10 Ps 106:37,38 Jer 7:31
Jer 19:5 Eze 20:31 23:37
* to Molech.
1Ki 11:7,33 Am 5:26 Ac 7:43
* Moloch.
* profane.
19:12 20:2-5 21:6 22:2,32 Eze 36:20-23 Mal 1:12 Ro 1:23 2:24
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