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Joshua 18:16

Christian Standard Bible

The border descended to the foot of the hill that faces Ben Hinnom Valley at the northern end of Rephaim Valley. It ran down Hinnom Valley toward the south Jebusite slope and downward to En-rogel.

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He defiled Topheth,  which is in Ben Hinnom Valley,  so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire  , to Molech.

Indeed! Topheth has been ready for the king for a long time. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the Lord,  like a torrent of burning sulfur, kindles it.

They have built the high places of Baal in Ben Hinnom Valley to sacrifice their sons and daughters in the fire  to Molech   #— #something I had not commanded them. I had never entertained the thought  that they do this detestable act causing Judah to sin!

and you are to proclaim to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I will shatter these people and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be mended. They will bury the dead in Topheth because there is no other place for burials.

“ ‘Therefore, look, the days are coming   #— #this is the Lord’s declaration #— #when this place will no longer be called Topheth and Ben Hinnom Valley, but Slaughter Valley.

and go out to Ben Hinnom Valley  near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you.

He passed his sons through the fire in Ben Hinnom Valley.  He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists.  He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.

He burned incense in Ben Hinnom Valley  and burned his children in  , the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

Now the Philistines had come and raided in Rephaim Valley,

Adonijah sacrificed sheep, goats, cattle, and fattened cattle near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel.  He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king,

Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, because they dared not be seen entering the city.

But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up, departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem  ). The man had his two saddled donkeys and his concubine with him.

At the same time the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites have lived among the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day.

The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, put it to the sword, and set the city on fire.

Zela, Haeleph, Jebus  (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath   #— #fourteen cities, with their settlements. This was the inheritance for Benjamin’s descendants by their clans.

But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem.  So the Jebusites still live in Jerusalem among the descendants of Judah today.

So the Philistines came and spread out in Rephaim Valley.




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