2 Chronicles 28:3
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.
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 33:6 records Manasseh also burning his sons in the Valley of Hinnom, showing the persistence of this sin.
2 Chronicles 33:2 uses the same phrase 'abominations of the nations' — linking Ahaz's sin to Manasseh's later evil.
Psalm 106:38 emphasizes the innocent blood shed and land pollution from child sacrifice, deepening the horror of Ahaz's act.
Micah 6:7 rhetorically rejects child sacrifice — showing that Ahaz's act was not what God desired.
Ezekiel 16:21 repeats the imagery of causing children to pass through the fire to idols — mirroring Ahaz's specific sin.
Ezekiel 16:20 describes sacrificing children born to God to idols — same betrayal and abomination as Ahaz's act.
Jeremiah 32:35 explicitly mentions the Valley of Hinnom and passing children through fire to Molech — the same abomination Ahaz committed.
Jeremiah 19:2-6 expands on the same valley, detailing God's judgment for child sacrifice and idolatry, deepening the context.
Jeremiah 7:32 prophesies that Topheth will become the Valley of Slaughter due to such sins, connecting Ahaz's act to divine judgment.
Jeremiah 7:31 condemns child sacrifice in Topheth, echoing Ahaz's sin and showing God's disapproval.
Leviticus 18:21 explicitly forbids passing children through fire to Molech, highlighting Ahaz's direct violation of God's law.
Psalm 106:37 identifies the recipients as demons — same child sacrifice to false gods condemned throughout Israel's history.
2 Kings 23:10 records Josiah's defiling of Topheth to stop child sacrifice, contrasting Ahaz's sin with later reform.
2 Kings 16:3 provides the parallel account of Ahaz's child sacrifice, confirming the historical record.
Deuteronomy 12:31 explicitly prohibits burning sons and daughters in fire to gods — the very law Ahaz broke.
Isaiah 57:5 condemns sacrificing children in ravines—a direct parallel to Ahaz's act in the Valley of Ben Hinnom.
2 Kings 21:6 says Manasseh sacrificed his own son—another king committing the same detestable act.
2 Kings 17:17 records the northern kingdom sacrificing their children in fire—the same abomination Ahaz adopts.
Jeremiah 19:5 decries burning children as offerings to Baal—the same practice God says He never commanded.
Deuteronomy 18:10 explicitly forbids child sacrifice—the very practice Ahaz commits here, showing he violated God's law.
In Ezekiel 20:26, God says He defiled them through child sacrifice as judgment — clarifying the divine purpose behind such abominations.
Leviticus 20:2 commands death for giving descendants to Molech — the very sin Ahaz committed.