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Moloch (mō`lŏk), in the Bible: see Molech Molech (mō`lĕk) or Moloch ..... Click the link for more information. . MolochAncient Middle Eastern deity to whom children were sacrificed. The laws given to Moses by God expressly forbade the Israelites to sacrifice children to Moloch, as the Egyptians and Canaanites did. A shrine to Moloch outside the walls of Jerusalem was destroyed during the reign of Josiah the reformer. Moloch deity to whom parents sacrificed their children. [O.T.: II Kings 23:10] See : Idolatry Moloch god to whom idolatrous Israelites immolated children. [O.T.: II Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 7:31–32, 32:35] See : Sacrifice |
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Yet thence his lustful Orgies he enlarg'd Even to that Hill of scandal, by the Grove Of MOLOCH homicide, lust hard by hate; Till good JOSIAH drove them thence to Hell. |
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