Quotes about Sacrifice
At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
— 2 Kings 18:16
But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
— 2 Kings 18:22
Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
— 2 Kings 21:4
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
— 2 Kings 21:6
Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
— 2 Kings 23:9
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
— 2 Kings 23:10
On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
— 2 Kings 23:20
But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
— 2 Kings 23:23
So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
— 1 Chronicles 11:18
saying, “Far be it from me, my God, to do this! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
— 1 Chronicles 11:19
There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.
— 1 Chronicles 14:12
And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
— 1 Chronicles 15:26