2 Kings 23:10

NETBible

The king 1  ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech. 2 

NIV ©

He desecrated Topheth, which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, so no-one could use it to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

NASB ©

He also defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for Molech.

NLT ©

Then the king defiled the altar of Topheth in the valley of Ben–hinnom, so no one could ever again use it to sacrifice a son or daughter in the fire as an offering to Molech.

MSG ©

Then Josiah demolished the Topheth, the iron furnace griddle set up in the Valley of Ben Hinnom for sacrificing children in the fire. No longer could anyone burn son or daughter to the god Molech.

BBE ©

And Topheth, in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, he made unclean, so that no man might make his son or his daughter go through the fire to Molech.

NRSV ©

He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, so that no one would make a son or a daughter pass through fire as an offering to Molech.

NKJV ©

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.

KJV
And he defiled
<02930> (8765)
Topheth
<08612>_,
which [is] in the valley
<01516>
of the children
<01121> (8675) <01121>
of Hinnom
<02011>_,
that no man
<0376>
might make his son
<01121>
or his daughter
<01323>
to pass through
<05674> (8687)
the fire
<0784>
to Molech
<04432>_.
NASB ©
He also defiled
<2930>
Topheth
<8612>
, which
<834>
is in the valley
<1516>
of the son
<1121>
of Hinnom
<2011>
, that no
<1115>
man
<376>
might make his son
<1121>
or his daughter
<1323>
pass
<5674>
through the fire
<784>
for Molech
<4432>
.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
emianen
<3392> 
V-AAI-3S
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
tafey {N-PRI} ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
en
<1722> 
PREP
faraggi
<5327> 
N-DSF
uiou
<5207> 
N-GSM
ennom {N-PRI} tou
<3588> 
T-GSN
diagein
<1236> 
V-PAN
andra
<435> 
N-ASM
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
uion
<5207> 
N-ASM
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
andra
<435> 
N-ASM
thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
yugatera
<2364> 
N-ASF
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
tw
<3588> 
T-DSM
moloc
<3434> 
N-PRI
en
<1722> 
PREP
puri
<4442> 
N-DSN
NET [draft] ITL
The king ruined
<02930>
Topheth
<08612>
in the Valley
<01516>
of Ben
<01121>
Hinnom
<02011>
so that no
<01115>
one
<0376>
could pass
<05674>
his son
<01121>
or his daughter
<01323>
through the fire
<0784>
to Molech
<04432>
.
HEBREW
Klml
<04432>
sab
<0784>
wtb
<01323>
taw
<0853>
wnb
<01121>
ta
<0853>
sya
<0376>
rybehl
<05674>
ytlbl
<01115>
Mnh
<02011>
*Nb {ynb}
<01121>
ygb
<01516>
rsa
<0834>
tpth
<08612>
ta
<0853>
amjw (23:10)
<02930>
NETBible

The king 1  ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech. 2 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 sn Attempts to identify this deity with a god known from the ancient Near East have not yet yielded a consensus. For brief discussions see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor II Kings (AB), 288 and HALOT 592 s.v. מֹלֶךְ. For more extensive studies see George C. Heider, The Cult of Molek, and John Day, Molech: A God of Human Sacrifice in the Old Testament.