And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
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Gill's Exposition
And he made his son pass through the fire,.... To Molech, after the manner of the old Canaanites and Phoenicians; his son Amon, that succeeded him, and other children, as appears from Ch2 33:6, where…
Barnes' Notes
On the meaning of the phrase “passing through the fire,” see 2Ki 16:3, and Lev 20:2-5. To “observe times” was forbidden in the Law (marginal references), and was no doubt among the modes of divination…
Adam Clarke
Made his son pass through the fire - Consecrated him to Moloch.
Observed times - ועונן veonen; he practiced divination by the clouds; by observing their course at particular times, their different…
How delightful were our meditations on the last reign! How many pleasing views had we of Sion in its glory (that is, in its purity and in its triumphs), of the king in his beauty! (for Isa 33:17…
Cambridge Bible
And he made his son The LXX. represents -sons" here, and the Chronicler has the plural in the parallel passage, -He caused his childrento pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom".…
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