Ben-hinnom

proper noun

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   예루살렘 근처의 ‘힌놈의 아들의 골짜기’를 가리킨다. 아하스와 므낫세 등이 자녀를 불에 지나가게 한 우상 숭배 장소로 언급된다.

   Valley near Jerusalem linked with child sacrifice.

   • He made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

   • Moreover, he burned incense in the valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his sons in fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the sons of Israel.