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  • The way Clemens told it, he had escaped from the city called Hinnom, her destination.

    Deeper Jeff Long 2007

  • The way Clemens told it, he had escaped from the city called Hinnom, her destination.

    Deeper Jeff Long 2007

  • Tophet was, and is still, a precipice near Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom, which is a frightful place, abounding only in flints.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Ge-Hinnom was the "valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate of potsherds, called Tophet."

    Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) Isaac Landman

  • Others say it was called Hinnom, because the priests used to say, “May it profit thee — may it be sweet to thee.”

    Hebrew Literature Epiphanius Wilson 1880

  • And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee, 3 And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • 24: 019: 002 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that

    The Bible, King James version, Book 24: Jeremiah Anonymous

  • 24: 019: 002 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that

    New Etext of Bible [King James Version]

  • In the Old Testament book of Jeremiah, chapter 19, 4–6, we find some of the most indicting scriptural passages ever written: “They [the Israelites] built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom [Gehenna] to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech [chief deity of the Ammonites], though I never commanded, nor did it enter my mind, that they should do such a detestable thing and so make Judah sin.”

    God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010

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