South and west of Jerusalem · Old Testament · 11 verses
The Valley of Hinnom runs south and west of Jerusalem below the old city. It is also called the valley of the son of Hinnom. The name appears in Joshua, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles and 2 more in the King James text.
About Valley of Hinnom
The Valley of Hinnom runs south and west of Jerusalem below the old city. It is also called the valley of the son of Hinnom.
Its place in the story
In the Valley of Hinnom, apostate kings offered children in fire to Molech at a site called Topheth, which the reforming kings defiled. The prophets condemned it and foretold it becoming a place of slaughter. Its Hebrew name lies behind the later word Gehenna.
Valley of Hinnom in Scripture (KJV)
“And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:”
“And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,”
“And 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.”
“Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.”
“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.”
“Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.”
“And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.”
“Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.”
The Valley of Hinnom runs south and west of Jerusalem below the old city. It is also called the valley of the son of Hinnom. The name appears in Joshua, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles and 2 more in the King James text.
What happened at Valley of Hinnom?
In the Valley of Hinnom, apostate kings offered children in fire to Molech at a site called Topheth, which the reforming kings defiled. The prophets condemned it and foretold it becoming a place of slaughter. Its Hebrew name lies behind the later word Gehenna.