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(Heb.)

A place in the valley of Gehenna, near Jerusalem, where a constant fire was kept burning, in which children were immolated to Baal. The locality is thus the prototype of the Christian Hell, the fiery Gehenna of endless woe. (TG).

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Shortly: A place in the valley of Gehenna, near Jerusalem, where a constant fire was kept burning, in which c...