Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Topheth—so called from Toph—a "drum." It is the prevailing opinion among Jewish writers that the cries of the terrified children made to pass through the fire in that place of idolatrous horror were drowned by the sound of that instrument.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Kings 23:10:
2 Kings 16:3
Isaiah 30:22
Isaiah 30:33
Jeremiah 19:13
Zechariah 11:13
Matthew 5:22
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