From Nave’s Topical Bible
Molech
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 17Passages listed
- 8Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Also called MOLOCH and MILCOM
- An idol of the AmmonitesActs 7:43
- Worshiped by the wives of Solomon, and by Solomon1 Kings 11:1–8
- Children sacrificed to2 Kings 23:10Jeremiah 32:352 Kings 16:32 Kings 21:62 Chronicles 28:3Isaiah 57:5Jeremiah 7:31Ezekiel 16:20Ezekiel 16:21Ezekiel 20:26Ezekiel 20:31Ezekiel 23:37Ezekiel 23:39
- SeeLeviticus 18:21Leviticus 20:2–5
The passages, in Bible order (17)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Leviticus 18:21
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Commentary on Leviticus 18:211 voice
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 20:2–5
“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
Commentary on Leviticus 20:2–51 voice
Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 11:1–8
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
Commentary on 1 Kings 11:1–81 voice
In the previous chapters the Scripture related the marriage of Solomon with the daughter of Pharaoh and did not rebuke him because she was the one wife only who did not secretly practice the religion of her homeland and was no reason of offense for …
Ephrem the Syrian· ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 11:1, 373Patristic
- 2 Kings 16:3
Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Commentary on 2 Kings 16:31 voice
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel.....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 21:6
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Commentary on 2 Kings 21:62 voices
And he made his son pass through the fire,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
For it is written thus in the fourth book of Kings and the second book of Chronicles, or of Days: "Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
Apostolic Constitutions· CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES 2.22, 380Patristic
- 2 Kings 23:10
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
Commentary on 2 Kings 23:101 voice
"No one would make a son or a daughter pass through fire." The passage through fire is the symbol of combustion. In fact, the demons demanded that [their worshipers] burn their own children, and sometimes they were immolated, sometimes they only underwent the symbolic rite …
Ishodad of Merv· BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 23:10, 850Patristic
- 2 Chronicles 28:3
Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 28:31 voice
Burnt his children in the fire - There is a most remarkable addition here in the Chaldee which I shall give at length: Ahaz burnt his children in the fire; but the Word of the Lord snatched Hezekiah from among them; for it was manifest before the Lord that the three righteous men, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, were to proceed from him; who should deliver up their bodies that they might be cast into a burning fiery furnace, on account of the great and glorious Name, (יהוה) and from which they should escape.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Isaiah 57:5
who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Commentary on Isaiah 57:52 voices
(Verse 4, 5.) Are you not wicked children, a deceitful seed, who console yourselves in gods beneath every leafy tree, sacrificing little ones in the torrents under threatening ((Vulg. lofty)) rocks? LXX: Are you not sons of perdition: an unjust seed, who call upon idols beneath leafy trees, sacrificing your sons in the valleys amidst the rocks? You, he says, have done these things that the preceding discourse narrated.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
This shows them to be those who detest God, having a sick hatred for him and ready to eat blood. There was nothing new in this; it was a long established custom. For you are the ones who have from long ago called on idols under a leafy tree.… Your guilt is that you first think to kill your firstborn and then offer libations to impure demons and soulless idols; so slaying will also be your portion and your lot.… Should I not be angry with these people? Is there not a good cause for my anger?
Cyril of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 5:3.57:5-7, 444Patristic
- Jeremiah 7:31
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
Commentary on Jeremiah 7:311 voice
And they have built the high places of Tophet,.... Where was the idol Moloch; and which place had its name, as Jarchi thinks, from the beating of drums, that the parents of the children that were burnt might not hear the cry of them: which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom; a valley near Jerusalem, and lay to the south of it, Jos 15:8, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire: which was done, as Jarchi says, by putting them into the arms of the brasen image Moloch, heated hot.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Jeremiah 32:35
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
- Ezekiel 16:20
You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
Commentary on Ezekiel 16:201 voice
(Vers. 20 seqq.) And it came to pass, says the Lord God, that you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to me, and you sacrificed them to be devoured. Is your fornication of little consequence, sacrificing my sons? And you gave them to consecrate them. And after all your abominations and fornications, you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and full of confusion, trampled in your own blood.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
- Ezekiel 16:21
You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.
Commentary on Ezekiel 16:211 voice
(Vers. 20 seqq.) And it came to pass, says the Lord God, that you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to me, and you sacrificed them to be devoured. Is your fornication of little consequence, sacrificing my sons? And you gave them to consecrate them. And after all your abominations and fornications, you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and full of confusion, trampled in your own blood.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
- Ezekiel 20:26
And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.
Commentary on Ezekiel 20:261 voice
And one polluted them in their own gifts,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ezekiel 20:31
When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!
Commentary on Ezekiel 20:312 voices
For when ye offer your gifts,.... And sacrifices to idols.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
(Verse 30, 31.) Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Lord God says: You are defiling yourselves in the way of your fathers and indulging in their abominations; you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.'
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
- Ezekiel 23:37
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.
Commentary on Ezekiel 23:371 voice
(Verse 36, 37 onwards) And the Lord said to me, saying: Son of man, do you judge Oholah and Oholibah and announce to them their crimes (or iniquities): for they are adulteresses (or have committed adultery), and there is blood on their hands, and they have committed adultery with their idols (or inventions): moreover, they have offered to devour (or have led) their sons whom they have borne to me through fire. But they have also done this to me, they have defiled my sanctuary on that day: and they have profaned my Sabbaths.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
- Ezekiel 23:39
On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.
Commentary on Ezekiel 23:392 voices
For when they had slain their children to their idols,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
(Verse 36, 37 onwards) And the Lord said to me, saying: Son of man, do you judge Oholah and Oholibah and announce to them their crimes (or iniquities): for they are adulteresses (or have committed adultery), and there is blood on their hands, and they have committed adultery with their idols (or inventions): moreover, they have offered to devour (or have led) their sons whom they have borne to me through fire. But they have also done this to me, they have defiled my sanctuary on that day: and they have profaned my Sabbaths.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
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