²¹ “You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire^[a] to Molech.^(A) Do not profane the name^(B) of your God; I am the Lord.

³ but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel.^(A) He even sacrificed his son in the fire,^[a] imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.^(B)

⁶ He passed his sons through the fire in Ben Hinnom Valley.^(A) He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists.^(B) He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.