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The way Clemens told it, he had escaped from the city called Hinnom, her destination.
Deeper Jeff Long 2007
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The way Clemens told it, he had escaped from the city called Hinnom, her destination.
Deeper Jeff Long 2007
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Tophet was, and is still, a precipice near Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom, which is a frightful place, abounding only in flints.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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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