Molech

Historical Examples

• Nay, so much zeal might have propitiated the savage heart of a Molech.

  The Expositor's Bible: The Prophecies of Jeremiah

  C J Ball

• Children may once have “passed through fire to Molech” where now the heaving turf shrouds the skeleton of a decayed church.

  Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood

  J. Conway Walter

• 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

• Of a similar character was the worship that gathered around the name of Molech.

  The Evolution of Old Testament Religion

  W. E. Orchard

• It was here, too, that the human sacrifices to the god Molech took place, where the victims were made "to pass through the fire."

  The Bible Story

  Rev. Newton Marshall Hall