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Hinnom Valley

The Hinnom Valley marks the southern border of Jerusalem’s Old City. The ravine is deep, starting well west of today’s Old City Walls and connecting to the Kidron Valley before the Kidron turns east toward the Judean Wilderness. Practically all of the images connected with the Hinnom Valley are bad. Child sacrifice took place in the Hinnom Valley (Jeremiah 19:1-6), especially under two of the worst kings, Ahaz and Manasseh. The place of sacrifice went by the name “Topheth.” Jeremiah announced that the valley would one day be called the “Valley of Slaughter.” Indeed, when the Babylonians destroyed the city in 586 BC, it’s likely the valley was filled with Jewish people who’d been killed in the battle. The valley was likely used as a place to dump garbage, possibly even dead animals or humans. Fires either broke out or were intentionally set to destroy what had been thrown there, leading to a possible illustration for hell. In Mark 9:48, Jesus quoted Isaiah 66:24, saying, “(where) the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched.” Most of the people listening to Jesus speak those words in Capernaum had been to Jerusalem many times and seen smoke rising from the infamous valley. They also knew the words of Isaiah and understood the illustration immediately. The traditional location of where Judas took his life is in the Hinnom Valley, near the place where it meets the Kidron.