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# Topheth ... Ben Hinnom
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place names (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# put his son or his daughter into the fire as a sacrifice to Molech
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"put his son or his daughter in the fire and burn them as an offering to Molech"
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# He took away
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It might be best to translate so that the reader understands that other people, perhaps Hilkiah and "the priests under him" ([2 Kings 23:4](./04.md)), might have helped Josiah do this. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# the horses
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Possible meanings are 1) real horses or 2) statues of horses.
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# had given to the sun
Here "given" represents being dedicated for worship. AT: "had used to worship the sun" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# Nathan-Melek
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a man's name (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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