In 2 Kings 16:3, King Ahaz also made his son pass through fire, mirroring the same Molech sacrifice Josiah later abolished.

In 2 Kings 17:17, Israel's sin of making children pass through fire led to exile — the same practice Josiah eradicated.

In 2 Kings 21:6, Manasseh sacrificed his son in the same valley, showing the persistent evil Josiah later removed.

2 Kings 11:18 records Jehoiada's destruction of Baal worship, a parallel reform to Josiah's defilement of Topheth for Molech.

Jeremiah 7:31 condemns the same child sacrifice at Topheth that Josiah later defiled. It shows God's disapproval before the reform.

In Matthew 5:22, Jesus uses 'Gehenna' (hell) — the Valley of Hinnom where Josiah ended child sacrifice — as a symbol of final judgment.

In Ezekiel 23:37, God charges Jerusalem with sacrificing children to idols — the identical sin Josiah purged from the land.

In Ezekiel 20:31, the prophet again condemns offering children to idols — directly paralleling the Molech worship Josiah stopped.

In Ezekiel 20:26, God refers to sacrificing firstborns as a defiling practice — the same child sacrifice Josiah eliminated.

In Ezekiel 16:21, God accuses Jerusalem of slaughtering children to idols — the same sin Josiah cleansed from Topheth.

Jeremiah 32:35 condemns the same child sacrifice to Molech in the Valley of Hinnom that Josiah defiled. Reiterates God's prohibition.

In Leviticus 18:21, God forbids giving children to Molech — the very law Josiah enforces by destroying Topheth.

2 Chronicles 33:6 records Manasseh burning his sons in the Valley of Hinnom—another king practicing the same abomination Josiah eradicated.

2 Chronicles 28:3 records Ahaz burning his sons in the Valley of Hinnom—the same practice Josiah later ended. Shows ongoing sin.

In Deuteronomy 18:10, making children pass through fire is listed as a detestable practice — the law behind Josiah's reform.

Isaiah 57:5 condemns child sacrifice in valleys, the same practice Josiah abolishes by defiling Topheth.

Jeremiah 19:13 prophesies that Jerusalem will be defiled like Topheth, the very place Josiah defiles in his reform.

Micah 6:7 questions the acceptability of child sacrifice, the practice Josiah eradicates by defiling Topheth.

Leviticus 20:2 is the law commanding death for child sacrifice to Molech, which Josiah enforces by defiling Topheth.

Jeremiah 7:32 prophesies that Topheth will become the Valley of Slaughter due to judgment. Josiah's defilement precedes this renaming.

Jeremiah 19:6 repeats the prophecy that Topheth will be renamed Valley of Slaughter. It connects to Josiah's desecration of the site.

Jeremiah 19:11-13 expands the judgment: Jerusalem itself will become like Topheth. Josiah's defilement of Topheth prefigures this desecration.

Isaiah 30:33 also mentions Topheth, but as a place of divine judgment rather than child sacrifice. The same location becomes an image of God's wrath.

Jeremiah 19:2 places Jeremiah's prophecy in the same Valley of Hinnom. The location is key to his symbolic message.

Joshua 18:16 identifies the Valley of Hinnom as a boundary landmark, the same location where Josiah defiles Topheth.