![]() “The victims, when scarcely at the edge of the opening, disappeared like a drop of water on a red-hot plate, and white smoke rose amid the great scarlet colour. Sacrifices were made before the statue first grain and animals were placed inside the statue but when that did not silence the rain, children were offered next. He also explains later in the novel that another statue was brought into the city centre of Carthage and that it was used to calm down a storm that had brought pouring rain. He also maintained the traditional bull’s head as frequently seen in medieval art and his head was raised as if he meant to go about barking terrible orders. His arms were so long that they reached the ground and he had three eyes positioned on his brow. In the Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert-a historical novel about Carthage from the mid-19th century, Moloch is referred to as a god of the Carthaginians who accepted the offerings of children as worship.įlaubert describes a statue of Moloch as being made of iron and that he possessed a pair of outspread swings. The Description of the Statue of Moloch by Gustave Flaubert In the end, though, he is ultimately overruled, likely on the account that Satan recognised Moloch was more brawn than brains. With this, they have nothing left to lose and so, Moloch deemed it imperative to take the fight to God… though, this was likely because he enjoyed the thrill of war so much. He implores Satan to equip them all with the weapons forged in hell and dictates that they must destroy God, for if they fail or if they choose not to fight given that they’d already been thwarted, then the punishment that God had in store for them would be egregious. Milton describes Moloch as a pro-war devil-a being who as the fiercest fighter in the war on Heaven was keen to re-engage God and his angels after Satan’s first failed attempt. Such are the words of John Milton’s Paradise Lost, where the abominable being is known as Moloch, or Molech appears as a fearsome warrior of the fallen angels. To his grim idol.” John Milton - Paradise Lost ![]() Moloch in John Milton’s Paradise Lostīesmear’d with blood of human sacrifice, and parents’ tears, Another research suggests that Moloch may have been the god Baal-Hammon who was worshipped at Tyre and Carthage. ![]() ![]() The king was sometimes regarded as the son of Moloch, and the phrase “to the Molech” may have meant “for the sake or life of the king” and referred to the sacrifice of a child conceived at a sacred marriage rite. The children were burnt in a place called Tophet, in the valley of Hinnom, which had been built for the explicit purpose of sacrificial rituals. It is sometimes argued that, rather than being the name of a god, Moloch refers simply to the sacrificial ritual. Many Israelites are believed to have consecrated their children to Moloch by throwing them into the flames. In the Second Book of Kings, Moloch is described as the “abomination of the children of Ammon.” The Ammonites occupied the southern part of modern Jordan and were descended from Lot, who appears in the Old Testament as the nephew of the patriarch ABRAHAM. Moloch (also known as Molek or Molech), was the name of an Ammonite god to whom human sacrifices were made. In Conclusion Who is Moloch in the Bible?.The Description of the Statue of Moloch by Gustave Flaubert.
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