Molech

The Carthaginians worshipped Amilear, and that name comes from the same source as Molech.
Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon,|Anonymous
If parents threw their children into the furnace to Molech, why should they not devote their daughters to Ishtar?
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
It was forbidden to the Jews to make their children "pass through the fire" to Molech.1966 They often did it.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
Nay, so much zeal might have propitiated the savage heart of a Molech.
The Expositor's Bible: The Prophecies of Jeremiah|C J Ball

With the exception of v. 21 (on Molech worship), which is here out of place, and has possibly been introduced from xx.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5|Various

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Molech

/ (ˈməʊlɛk) /

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Old Testament a variant of Moloch

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