Tophet
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From Hebrew תופת
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Tophet
- (biblical) A location near Jerusalem in the valley of Gehenna where children were burned alive as sacrifice.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Jeremiah 7:31:
- And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Jeremiah 7:31:
