Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

Of old

General references

Bible References

Tophet

2 Kings 23:10
And he defiled Tophet also, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, because no man should offer his son or his daughter in fire to Moloch.
Jeremiah 7:31
They have also builded an altar at Tophet, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom: that they might burn their sons and daughters - which I never commanded them, neither came it ever in my thought.
Jeremiah 19:6
Behold therefore, the time cometh, sayeth the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the children of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter.
Matthew 4:22
And they, without tarrying, left the ship and their father and followed him.
Matthew 18:8
"Wherefore if thy hand, or thy foot, offend thee, cut him off, and cast him from thee. It is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed; rather than thou shouldest, having two hands or two feet, be cast in to everlasting fire.

Ordained

Matthew 25:41
Then shall the King say unto them that shall be on the left hand, 'Depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels.
1 Peter 1:8
whom ye have not seen and yet love him, in whom even now, though ye see him not, yet ye believe, and rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorious:
Jude 1:4
For there are certain craftily crept in, of which it was written aforetime unto such judgement. They are ungodly, and turn the grace of our Lord God unto wantonness; And deny God the only Lord, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Of old

Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ yesterday, and today, and the same, continueth forever.

For the king

Isaiah 14:9
Hell also trembleth at thy coming; all mighty men and princes of the earth step forth before thee. All kings of the earth stand up from their seats,
Isaiah 37:38
Afterward it chanced, as he prayed in the temple of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his own sons, slew him with the sword, and fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned after him.
Ezekiel 32:22
Assyria is there also with his company, and their graves round about, which were slain and fell all with the sword,
Revelation 19:18
that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and of high captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all free men and bond men, and of small and great."

The breath

Isaiah 30:27
Behold, the glory of the LORD shall come from far, his face shall burn, that no man shall be able to abide it, his lips shall wag for very indignation, and his tongue shall be as a consuming fire.
Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven,
Psalm 40:5
O LORD my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which are to us-ward; and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. If I should declare them, and speak of them, they should be more than I am able to express.
Revelation 14:10
the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured in the cup of his wrath. And he shall be punished in fire and brimstone, before the holy angels, and before the lamb.

General references

Job 41:21
His breath maketh the coals burn, the flame goeth out of his mouth.
Ezekiel 32:22
Assyria is there also with his company, and their graves round about, which were slain and fell all with the sword,