Hinnom
hin'-om (ge hinnom, Josh 15:8; 18:16; "valley of the son of
Hinnom" (ge bhen hinnom), Josh 15:8; 18:16; 2 Ch 28:3; 33:6;
Jer 7:31 f; 19:2,6; 32:35; "valley of the children (sons) of
Hinnom" (ge bhene hinnom), 2 Ki 23:10; or simply "the
valley," literally, the "hollow" or "ravine" (ha-gay'), 2 Ch
26:9; Neh 2:13,15; 3:13; Jer 31:40 and, perhaps ...
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A valley west and southwest of Jerusalem
Jos 15:8; 18:16; 2Ki 23:10; Ne 11:30
-Children offered in sacrifice in
2Ch 28:3; 33:6; Jer 7:31,32; 19:2,4,6; 32:35
-Possibly identical with the valley of the vision
Isa 22:1,5...
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(lamentation), Valley of, otherwise called "the valley of
the son" or "children of Hinnom," a deep and narrow ravine,
with steep, rocky sides, to the south and west of Jerusalem,
separating Mount Zion to the north from the "hill of evil
counsel," and the sloping rocky plateau of the "plain of
Rephaim" to the south. The earliest mention of the ...
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a deep, narrow ravine separating Mount Zion from the so-
called
"Hill of Evil Counsel." It took its name from "some
ancient
hero, the son of Hinnom." It is first mentioned in
Josh. 15:8.
It had been the place where the idolatrous Jews
burned their
children alive to Moloch and Baal. A particular part
of the
valley was called Tophet, or the ...
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(See HELL.) "The son of Hinnom" was some ancient hero who
encamped there (Stanley, Sinai and Israel, 172). S.W. and
S. of Jerusalem; from 50 to 100 yards wide at the sweep round
the S.W. corner of the so-called mount Zion. An aqueduct on
nine low arches, 290) yards from the Jaffa gate, crosses the
valley, and conveys water from "the pools of S...
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it
shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of
Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in
Tophet, till there be no place....
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Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom,
and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of
the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of
Israel....
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Zanoah, Adullam, and [in] their villages, at Lachish, and the
fields thereof, at Azekah, and [in] the villages thereof. And
they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom....
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And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the
valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used
enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar
spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of
the LORD, to provoke him to anger....
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