...prevailed long among the Phenicians and Canaanites, from whom the Israelites borrowed it, though forbid expressly by heaven. At first children were inhumanly...mentioned in scripture, or in a flaming statue of Saturn. m The cries of these unhappy victims were drowned by the uninterrupted noise of drums and trumpets....

...purchased those of the poor, in order that they might not be deprived of the merit of such a sacrifice. This custom prevailed long among the Phoenicians and...whom the Israelites borrowed it, though forbidden «xpressjy by Heaven. At first, these children were inhumanly burnt, either in a fiery furnace, like...

...not be deprived of the merit of such a sacrifice. This custom prevailed long among the Phœnicians and Canaanites, from whom the Israelites borrowed...either in a fiery furnace, like those 'in the valley of Hinnom, so often mentioned in Scripture, or enclosed in a flaming statue of Saturn. The cries of these...

...to their god Salurn, when they were defeated in war, in order to propitiate the wrath of this deity. At first, children were inhumanly burned, either in a fiery furnace, like those in the valley of Hinnom, so frequently mentioned in Scripture, or in a flaming statue of Saturn. The cries of these...

...4, 5. Rollin describes the manner of this diabolical mode of sacrificing human beings, as follows : "This custom prevailed long among the Phoenicians...expressly by Heaven. At first, children were inhumanly burnt, either in a fiery furnace, like those in the valley of Hinnom, so often mentioned in Scripture;...

...Millot's Elements of Gen. Hist. t Millet's Elem. in war, in order to propitiate the wrath of this deity. At first, children were inhumanly burned, either in a fiery furnace, like those in the valley of Hinnom, so frequently mentioned in Scripture, or in a flaming statue of Saturn. — The cries of these...

...purchased those of the poor, in order that they might not be deprived of the merit of such a sacrifice. This custom prevailed long among the Phoenicians and...it, though forbidden expressly by Heaven. At first, these children were inhumanly burnt, either in a fiery furnace, like those in the valley of Hinnom,...

...purchased those of the poor, in order that they might not be deprived of the merit of such a sacrifice. This custom prevailed long among the Phoenicians and...it, though forbidden expressly by Heaven. At first, these children were inhumanly burnt, either in a fiery furnace, like those in the valley of Hinnom,...

...of their city by the Romans. According to Plutarch (de Superstitione) children were inhumanly burnt, either in a fiery furnace like those in the valley of Hinnon, so often mentioned in Scripture, or enclosed in a flaming statue of Saturn. The cries of these unhappy victims were drowned by the uninterrupted...

...purchased those of the poor, in order that they might not be deprived of the merit of such a sacrifice. This custom prevailed long among the Phoenicians and...either in a fiery furnace, like those in the valley of Hinnom, so often mentioned in Scripture, or enclosed in a flaming statue of Saturn. The cries of these...