2 Kings 16:3

Free Bible Version

He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and he even sacrificed his son in the fire, participating in the disgusting practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:24

There were even cult prostitutes in the land. They followed all the disgusting practices of the nations that the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Kings 17:16

They ignored all the commandments of the Lord their God, and they made themselves two metal idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down in worship to the sun, moon, and stars and served Baal.

2 Kings 17:17

They sacrificed their sons and daughters as pagan burnt offerings, and practiced fortune-telling and witchcraft. They gave themselves over to doing what was evil in the Lord's sight, making him angry.

2 Kings 17:19

but even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but followed the idolatry that Israel had introduced.

2 Kings 17:8

adopting the ways of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites, and the pagan practices introduced by the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 21:11

“Since Manasseh, king of Judah, has committed all these disgusting sins, doing even more evil things than the Amorites who lived before him, and by his encouragement of idol worship has made Judah sin,

2 Kings 21:2

He did what was evil in the Lord's sight by following the disgusting pagan practices of the nations that the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Kings 21:6

He even he sacrificed his own son as a burnt offering, and used fortune-telling and witchcraft, and he dealt with mediums and with spiritists. He did a great deal of evil in the Lord's sight, making the Lord angry.

2 Kings 21:9

The people refused to listen and Manasseh led them to sin so that the evil they did was even worse than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.

2 Kings 23:10

He defiled the Topheth altar in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

2 Kings 8:18

Jehoram followed the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab and did what was evil in the Lord's sight.

2 Chronicles 22:3

Ahaziah also followed the evil ways of the family of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to do wicked things.

2 Chronicles 33:2

He did evil in the Lord's sight by following the disgusting religious practices of the nations that the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 33:6

He sacrificed his children by burning them to death in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and visited mediums and spiritists. He did a great deal of evil in the Lord's sight, making him angry.

Psalm 106:35

but instead they joined in with them and adopted their way of life.

Isaiah 57:5

You're the ones having pagan orgies under the oak trees, under every green tree. You sacrifice your children in the valleys and among the rocky peaks.

Jeremiah 32:35

They have built pagan shrines to Baal in the Valley of Hinnom so they could sacrifice their sons and daughters by burning them in the fire. This is something I never commanded. I never even thought of such a thing—doing something so awful and making the people of Judah guilty of sin.

Ezekiel 16:21

You slaughtered my children, sacrificing them to idols.

Ezekiel 16:47

You didn't just follow their ways and do the same disgusting things they did, you very quickly became even worse than them.

Ezekiel 20:26

I let them make themselves unclean by their offerings to idols, including their firstborn sons. I allowed this to happen so that they would be so appalled that they would acknowledge that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:31

When you present your offerings to idols and sacrifice your children in the fire, you continue to make yourselves unclean with all your idols right up until now. So should I give you advice when you ask me, people of Israel? As I live, declares the Lord God, I'm not going to answer you!

Leviticus 18:21

Don't give any of your children as a human sacrifice to Molech, for you must not disgrace the character of your God. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 20:2

“Tell the Israelites: These regulations are for both Israelites and foreigners living among them. Anyone who sacrifices their children to Molech must be executed. The community must stone them to death.

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I sacrifice my firstborn child for my rebellion, my own flesh and blood for the sins I have committed?

Deuteronomy 12:31

You must not worship the Lord your God like this, because when they worship their gods they do every kind of abominable thing that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods!

Deuteronomy 18:10

No one is to sacrifice their son or daughter in the fire, practice divination or fortune-telling, use magic or sorcery,