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2 Chronicles 33:6

He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

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ASV

He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised augury, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

KJV

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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהוּא֩ve.Hu'and heH1931 →
הֶעֱבִ֨ירhe.'e.Virhe made passH5674 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בָּנָ֤יוba.Navsons hisH1121 →
בָּאֵשׁ֙ba.'Eshin the fireH784 →
בְּגֵ֣יbe.Geiin [the] valley ofH1516 →
בֶן־ven-BenH1121 →
הִנֹּ֔םhi.NomHinnomH2011 →
וְעוֹנֵ֤ןve.'o.Nenand he practiced soothsayingH6049 →
וְנִחֵשׁ֙ve.ni.Cheshand he practiced divinationH5172 →
וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ףve.khi.Shefand he practiced sorceryH3784 →
וְעָ֥שָׂהve.'A.sahand he dealt withH6213 →
א֖וֹב'ovnecromancerH178 →
וְיִדְּעוֹנִ֑יve.yi.de.'o.Niand soothsayerH3049 →
הִרְבָּ֗הhir.Bahhe increasedH7235 →
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213 →
הָרַ֛עha.Ra'the evilH7451 →
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃le.hakh.'i.Soto provoke to anger himH3707 →

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Jeremiah 32:35They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.Deuteronomy 18:10Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,Leviticus 19:31You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.Leviticus 18:21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.2 Kings 21:6He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.Leviticus 19:26You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.2 Chronicles 28:3Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.Leviticus 20:6Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.Jeremiah 7:31They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.Jeremiah 7:31–32They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.Isaiah 47:9–12These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,Isaiah 8:19When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?Jeremiah 19:2and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,Ezekiel 20:26And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.2 Kings 23:24Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.Isaiah 19:3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.Galatians 5:20idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

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