By time of the Babylonian exile, there were fewer than the original 12 tribes as the Northern kingdom (Israel) had been destroyed leaving the Southern kingdom (Judea). Research Moloch and the term "passing their children through fire" which means putting their child into the heated metal statue of
Moloch is a name or a term which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the book of Leviticus. In the Hebrew Bible, Moloch is presented as a foreign deity who was at times illegitimately given a place in Israel’s worship as a result of the syncretistic policies of certain apostate kings.
By time of the Babylonian exile, there were fewer than the original 12 tribes as the Northern kingdom (Israel) had been destroyed leaving the Southern kingdom (Judea). Research Moloch and the term "passing their children through fire" which means putting their child into the heated metal statue of[ [Moloch.](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/a304n2/moloch-a304n2.jpg)
>Moloch is a name or a term which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the book of Leviticus. In the Hebrew Bible, Moloch is presented as a foreign deity who was at times illegitimately given a place in Israel’s worship as a result of the syncretistic policies of certain apostate kings.
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