Gehenna

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Gehenna

Also: • Hinnom •

No hell at all, but a valley near Jerusalem, where Israelites immolated their children to Moloch. In that valley a place named Tophet was situated, where a fire was perpetually preserved for sanitary purposes. The prophet Jeremiah informs us that his countrymen, the Jews, used to sacrifice their children on that spot (TG).

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Shortly: No hell at all, but a valley near Jerusalem, where Israelites immolated their children to Moloch. In...