Tophet
<p>In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> <b>Tophet</b> or <b>Topheth</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: תופת ha-tōpheth; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: Ταφεθ; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" title="Latin language" class="mw-redirect">Latin</a>: <i>Topheth</i>) was a location in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehinnom" title="Gehinnom" class="mw-redirect">Gehinnom</a> where worshipers influenced by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Canaanite_religion" title="Ancient Canaanite religion">ancient Canaanite religion</a> engaged in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice" title="Human sacrifice">human sacrifice</a> of children to the gods <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch" title="Moloch">Moloch</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal" title="Baal">Baal</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_burning" title="Death by burning">burning them alive</a>. Tophet became a theological or poetic synonym for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell#Christianity" title="Hell">hell</a> within <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christendom" title="Christendom">Christendom</a>.</p>