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Molech

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Molech or Moloch , Canaanite god of fire to whom children were offered in sacrifice; he is also known as an Assyrian god. He is attested as early as the 3d millennium BC, although most known references to him come from the later period represented by the Hebrew Bible, according to which Solomon and later Ahaz introduced the worship of him into Judah. He had a sanctuary at Tophet, in the valley of Hinnom S of Jerusalem. Milcom may be identifiable with Molech.

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Molech

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

Molech A god to whom children were sacrificed at Tophet near Jerusalem; the idolatrous practice is condemned (Lev. 18: 21; 2 Kgs. 23: 10; Jer. 32: 35). Evidently the reforms of Josiah were not able to eradicate this remnant of heathen Canaanite religion.

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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Molech." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Moloch

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Moloch, or Molech, the name of a Canaanite idol, to whom children were sacrificed as burnt offerings (Lev. 18: 21 and 2 Kgs 23: 10), represented by Milton (Paradise Lost, I. 392) as one of the chief of the fallen angels.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Moloch." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Moloch." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Moloch.html

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Moloch

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Moloch , in the Bible: see Molech .

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