2 Kings 16:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel.  He even sacrificed his son in the fire,  imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:31

You must not do the same to the Lord your God, because they practise every detestable act, which the Lord hates, for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

Leviticus 18:21

‘You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire  to Molech.  Do not profane the name  of your God; I am the Lord.

2 Kings 21:2

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight,  imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

2 Kings 21:11

‘Since King Manasseh of Judah has committed all these detestable acts   #– #worse evil than the Amorites  who preceded him had done #– #and by means of his idols has also caused Judah to sin,

2 Kings 17:17

They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire  , and practised divination and interpreted omens.  They devoted themselves to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight and angered him.

Ezekiel 20:31

When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your children in the fire,  , you still continue to defile yourselves with all your idols today. So should I let you enquire of me, house of Israel? As I live #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God  #– #I will not let you enquire of me!

Ezekiel 20:26

When they sacrificed every firstborn in the fire,  , I defiled them through their gifts in order to devastate them so that they would know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 16:47

Didn’t you walk in their ways and do their detestable practices? It was only a short time before all your ways were more corrupt than theirs.

Ezekiel 16:21

You slaughtered my children and gave them up when you passed them through the fire  to the images.

Jeremiah 32:35

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!

2 Chronicles 33:6

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

2 Chronicles 33:2

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 22:3

He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother gave him evil advice.

2 Kings 23:10

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

2 Kings 21:6

He sacrificed his son in the fire,  , practised witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists.  He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.

2 Kings 8:18

He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for Ahab’s daughter was his wife. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.

1 Kings 14:24

there were even male cult prostitutes in the land.  They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 18:10

No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire,  , practise divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practise sorcery,

Leviticus 20:2

‘Say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or foreigner residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech  must be put to death; the people of the country are to stone him.

2 Kings 17:8

They lived according to the customs of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites  and according to what the kings of Israel did.

2 Kings 17:19

Even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God  but lived according to the customs Israel had practised.

Micah 6:7

Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousand streams of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the offspring of my body for my own sin?

2 Kings 17:16

They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images  for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole.  They bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky  and served Baal.

2 Kings 21:9

But they did not listen; Manasseh caused them to stray so that they did worse evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.

Isaiah 57:5

who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree, who slaughter children in the wadis below the clefts of the rocks?