Molech

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Cahn, Jonathan. Return of the Gods. Christma Media. Kindle Edition

Molech

The Destroyer

Part of the Dark Trinity

Some say he was another form of Baal

Other names:

• The abomination - horrifying was his nature and his worship
• May be the same god called Cronus in Greek and Saturn in Roman

Attributes:

• associated with the darkest of sins - the sacrifice of human beings, in particular children - by their parents
• Name can be translated as King
• Especially interested in Jewish children, killed thousands of them.
• Hated the poor and downcast, was racist

Heiser, Michael S.. The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible. Lexham Press. Kindle Edition.

The meaning and identity of Molech (Hebrew consonants, m-l-k) is hotly debated by scholars.17 It is hard to see one clear association, however, as coincidental. Molech’s name appears in two snake charms from Ugarit in connection with the city of Ashtaroth (Ugaritic: ʿ ṯṯrt), the place known from the biblical accounts about Og (Deut 1:4; 9:10; 12:4).18 Another Ugaritic text puts the god Rpu, the patron deity of the Rephaim, in Ashtaroth as well. These texts at the very least inform us that there was a close religious association between Molech and the Rephaim. This makes sense in light of the geographical relationship between the Valley of the Rephaim and the Valley of Hinnom in the Old Testament.