He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
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A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
Josiah defiles Topheth in the valley of the children of Hinnom so none could pass a child through fire to Molech. Reinforces the Gehenna background as the defiled valley of fire that becomes the figure of final destruction (10:28).
Medium confidence"Son of Gehenna" (v15) presupposes the Valley of Hinnom (ge-hinnom), defiled by Josiah, as the topographic origin of the eschatological place of judgment.
Medium confidenceJosiah's defilement of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom contributes to the valley's afterlife as a place of refuse and judgment underlying Gehenna. Background rather than verbal source.
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