2 Kings 16:3
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
Cross-references
2 Kings 8:18 says Jehoram walked in the way of Israel's kings — same condemnation as Ahaz.
2 Kings 17:17 records Israel burning their children as offerings—Ahaz adopts this specific practice from them.
2 Kings 23:10 describes Josiah abolishing child sacrifice to Molech—Ahaz's sin is what later reforms targeted.
2 Kings 17:8 directly parallels Ahaz: walking in the statutes of the nations and the kings of Israel.
2 Kings 17:19 states Judah walked in Israel's statutes, exactly what Ahaz did.
2 Kings 21:6 explicitly mentions Manasseh making his son pass through the fire, the same specific sin as Ahaz.
Ezekiel 16:21 rebukes Jerusalem for slaying God's children by causing them to pass through fire — Ahaz did this to his own son.
Jeremiah 32:35 explicitly links child sacrifice to Molech in the Valley of Hinnom, the same practice Ahaz adopted from pagan nations.
Ezekiel 20:26 says God pronounced Israel unclean for causing firstborn to pass through fire — same defiling practice Ahaz performed.
Ezekiel 20:31 repeats the charge of making sons pass through fire, defiling themselves with idols — Ahaz's action fits this pattern.
2 Chronicles 33:6 records Manasseh doing the same evil: causing his sons to pass through fire in the Valley of Hinnom.
Leviticus 18:21 forbids giving children to Molech—Ahaz directly violates this command.
2 Chronicles 28:2-4 gives the parallel account of Ahaz's child sacrifice and idolatry, confirming the same sin.
1 Kings 16:31-33 describes Ahab's Baal worship — another aspect of Israel's sinful way Ahaz embraced.
1 Kings 12:28-30 recounts Jeroboam's golden calves — the foundational sin of Israel's way Ahaz follows.
Deuteronomy 18:10 also forbids passing children through fire, listing it among prohibited occult practices — Ahaz violates this command.
Deuteronomy 12:31 explicitly forbids child sacrifice as an abomination — the exact law Ahaz breaks by making his son pass through fire.
Micah 6:7 rhetorically questions giving firstborn for sin—directly relevant to Ahaz's child sacrifice as an abomination.
Micah 6:16 condemns following statutes of Omri and Ahab—Ahaz walked in the way of Israel's kings, exactly that pattern.
In 2 Chronicles 28:3, the same event is described: Ahaz burning his children in the Valley of Hinnom, confirming the parallel account.
Ezekiel 16:20 directly addresses child sacrifice as part of Israel's harlotry—Ahaz's act of passing his son through fire fits this pattern.
Leviticus 18:27 is the law condemning the very abominations Ahaz commits, including child sacrifice to Molech.
Isaiah 57:5 condemns child sacrifice under green trees—directly mirroring the abominations Ahaz committed in 2 Kings 16:3.
Ezekiel 11:12 rebukes Israel for following customs of surrounding nations—Ahaz doing the same abominations is a concrete example.
Psalm 106:38 adds that their child sacrifice shed innocent blood and polluted the land — a consequence mirrored in Ahaz's actions.
Psalm 106:37 describes Israel's history of sacrificing sons and daughters to demons, echoing the same sin as Ahaz.