Thematic Bible: Hinnom or tophet


Thematic Bible



Days are coming, says Jehovah, when it will no longer be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom (Ben-hinnom), but the valley of the Slaughter. They will bury in Topheth because there is no other place. Verse ConceptsInadequate BurialsKilling Will HappenNo RoomBurying places

He burned sacrifices in the valley of Ben Hinnom. He sacrificed his son by burning him alive. This was one of the disgusting things done by the nations that Jehovah had driven out from the land Israel possessed. Verse ConceptsFirstbornChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeValleysInfanticide

The border came down to the end of the mountain that is before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel, Verse ConceptsValleysLandmarksGiants

Josiah also made Topheth in the valley of Ben Hinnom unclean so that people would never again sacrifice their sons or daughters by burning them to the god Molech. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHuman SacrificesPolluting The Landdrums