Hinnom Valley is a deep, narrow ravine separating Mount Zion from the so-called Hill of Evil Counsel. It forms the southern border of ancient Jerusalem and is mentioned several times in the Bible. It's original Hebrew name is Gei ben-Hinnom which means Valley of Son of Hinnom. Nobody really knows who Hinnom or his son were but the name stuck through the ages.
The earliest mention of the valley of Hinnom is in the Book of Joshua 15:8, where the boundary line between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin is described as passing along the bed of the ravine.
"Then the border went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north."
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All pagan statues and images were destroyed and the heretic priests were put to death.
As Bible notes in 2 Kings 23:10-13-14 the reformist King "put an end to these abominations and the place was polluted by Josiah, who renders it ceremonially unclean by spreading over it human bones and other corruptions. He desecrated Tophet, which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, so no one could use it to sacrifice their son or daughter in the fire to Molek."
King Josiah also ordered the people of Judah to gather in Jerusalem where they read the Holy books and celebrated the Passover on the grand scale.
After the death of King Josiah, his successers fell back into the practice of warshiping the pagan gods again. His son Zedechiah was practicing idoltory despite the prophet Jeremiah's warnings.
Jeremiah prophesized about the Babylonian threat in and warned the Jews of the terrible devastation they would incur if they did not stop worshipping idols and mistreating each
The earliest mention of the valley of Hinnom is in the Book of Joshua 15:8, where the boundary line between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin is described as passing along the bed of the ravine.
"Then the border went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north."
Today Hennom Valley is a picturesce place full of greenery and surrounded by some of the most reveared …show more content…
All pagan statues and images were destroyed and the heretic priests were put to death.
As Bible notes in 2 Kings 23:10-13-14 the reformist King "put an end to these abominations and the place was polluted by Josiah, who renders it ceremonially unclean by spreading over it human bones and other corruptions. He desecrated Tophet, which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, so no one could use it to sacrifice their son or daughter in the fire to Molek."
King Josiah also ordered the people of Judah to gather in Jerusalem where they read the Holy books and celebrated the Passover on the grand scale.
After the death of King Josiah, his successers fell back into the practice of warshiping the pagan gods again. His son Zedechiah was practicing idoltory despite the prophet Jeremiah's warnings.
Jeremiah prophesized about the Babylonian threat in and warned the Jews of the terrible devastation they would incur if they did not stop worshipping idols and mistreating each