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     * Thou.
     # 4; 18:9; Ex 23:2; Le 18:3,26-30; 2Ki 17:15-17; 21:2; 2Ch 33:2|
     # 2Ch 36:14|
     * abomination to the.  Heb. abomination of the.  even their
       sons.
       The unnatural and horrid practice of offering human sacrifices
       not only existed, but universally prevailed among ancient
       nations.  We have already (Note on Lev 20:2) referred to the
       custom among the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, descendants
       from the Canaanitish nations, of sacrificing their children to
       Moloch, or Saturn; and we will now cite a passage from
       Diodorus Siculus, (lib. xx.) which immediately precedes that
       already produced relative to this barbarous custom.  He states
       that the Carthaginians imputed their being besieged by
       Agathocles to the anger of Saturn, because, instead of
       sacrificing the best of their own children, as formerly, they
       had sacrificed children bought for that purpose.  "In haste,
       therefore, to rectify their errors, they chose 200; of the
       noblest children, and publicly sacrificed them!  Others,
       accused of irreligion, voluntarily gave themselves up, to the
       number of no less than 300!"

     # 18:10; Le 18:21; 20:2; Jer 7:31; 32:35; Eze 20:31; 23:27; Mic 6:7|