A god to whom children were sacrificed at Tophet near Jerusalem; the idolatrous practice is condemned (Lev. 18: 21; 2 Kgs. 23: 10; Jer. 32: 35). Evidently the reforms of Josiah were not able to eradicate this remnant of heathen Canaanite religion.
Citation for Molech
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MLA
"Molech." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 25, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1275>.
Chicago
"Molech." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1275 (accessed May 25, 2013).