Tophet
n . 垃圾场,灼热地狱,地狱
垃圾场,灼热地狱,地狱
Tophet \
To "
phet \,
n . [
Heb .
t [=
o ]
phet ,
literally ,
a place to be spit upon ,
an abominable place ,
fr .
t [=
u ]
ph to spit out .]
A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem ,
in the valley of Hinnom . [
Written also {
Topheth }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
And he defiled Topheth ,
which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom . --
2 Kings xxiii .
10 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
It seems to have been at first part of the royal garden ,
but it was afterwards defiled and polluted by the sacrifices of Baal and the fires of Moloch ,
and resounded with the cries of burning infants .
At a later period ,
its altars and high places were thrown down ,
and all the filth of the city poured into it ,
until it became the abhorrence of Jerusalem ,
and ,
in symbol ,
the place where are wailing and gnashing of teeth .
[
1913 Webster ]
The pleasant valley of Hinnom ,
Tophet thence And black Gehenna called ,
the type of hell .
--
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Tophet =
Topheth ,
from Heb .
toph "
a drum ,"
because the cries of children here sacrificed by the priests of Moloch were drowned by the noise of such an instrument ;
or from taph or toph ,
meaning "
to burn ,"
and hence a place of burning ,
the name of a particular part in the valley of Hinnom . "
Fire being the most destructive of all elements ,
is chosen by the sacred writers to symbolize the agency by which God punishes or destroys the wicked .
We are not to assume from prophetical figures that material fire is the precise agent to be used .
It was not the agency employed in the destruction of Sennacherib ,
mentioned in Isa .
30 :
33 ...
Tophet properly begins where the Vale of Hinnom bends round to the east ,
having the cliffs of Zion on the north ,
and the Hill of Evil Counsel on the south .
It terminates at Beer '
Ayub ,
where it joins the Valley of Jehoshaphat .
The cliffs on the southern side especially abound in ancient tombs .
Here the dead carcasses of beasts and every offal and abomination were cast ,
and left to be either devoured by that worm that never died or consumed by that fire that was never quenched ."
Thus Tophet came to represent the place of punishment . (
See {
HINNOM }.)
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