Topheth

Identified as

in the Valley of Hinnom

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

31.769° N, 35.228° E

Topheth· Valley of Hinnom· Valley of Hinnom

• בָּכָא+H6010L«H6010=עֵ֫מֶק·Valley of Baca
• בֵּן+H2011H«H2011=הִנֹּם+H1516Q«H1516=גַּיְא·Valley of Hinnom
• הִנֹּם+H1516R«H1516=גַּיְא·Valley of Hinnom
• הֲרֵגָה+H1516S«H1516=גַּיְא·Valley of Slaughter
• תֹּ֫פֶת·Topheth
• תׇּפְתֶּה·Tophetteh

1. Joshua 15:8בֵּן+H2011H«H2011=הִנֹּם+H1516Q«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom; הִנֹּם+H1516R«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom
   From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
2. Joshua 18:16בֵּן+H2011H«H2011=הִנֹּם+H1516Q«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom; הִנֹּם+H1516R«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom
   Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.
3. 2 Kings 23:10תֹּ֫פֶת · Topheth; בֵּן+H2011H«H2011=הִנֹּם+H1516Q«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom
   He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
4. 2 Chronicles 28:3בֵּן+H2011H«H2011=הִנֹּם+H1516Q«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom
   Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
5. 2 Chronicles 33:6בֵּן+H2011H«H2011=הִנֹּם+H1516Q«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom
   He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
6. Nehemiah 11:30הִנֹּם+H1516R«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom
   Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.
7. Psalm 84:6בָּכָא+H6010L«H6010=עֵ֫מֶק · Valley of Baca
   As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.
8. Isaiah 30:33תׇּפְתֶּה · Tophetteh
   For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
9. Jeremiah 7:31תֹּ֫פֶת · Topheth; בֵּן+H2011H«H2011=הִנֹּם+H1516Q«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom
   They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
10. Jeremiah 7:32תֹּ֫פֶת · Topheth; בֵּן+H2011H«H2011=הִנֹּם+H1516Q«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom; הֲרֵגָה+H1516S«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Slaughter
    So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
11. Jeremiah 19:2בֵּן+H2011H«H2011=הִנֹּם+H1516Q«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom
    …and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,
12. Jeremiah 19:6תֹּ֫פֶת · Topheth; בֵּן+H2011H«H2011=הִנֹּם+H1516Q«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom; הֲרֵגָה+H1516S«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Slaughter
    So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
13. Jeremiah 19:11תֹּ֫פֶת · Topheth
    …and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.
14. Jeremiah 19:12תֹּ֫פֶת · Topheth
    This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.
15. Jeremiah 19:13תֹּ֫פֶת · Topheth
    The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
16. Jeremiah 19:14תֹּ֫פֶת · Topheth
    Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and proclaimed to all the people,
17. Jeremiah 32:35בֵּן+H2011H«H2011=הִנֹּם+H1516Q«H1516=גַּיְא · Valley of Hinnom
    They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.