Who killed their sons in the Bible?

Answer 1

Another Example:

2 Kings 21:1-6 (King James Version) 1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.

2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

6Andhe made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

The verse above refers to the heathen God Moloch in whose oustretched arms a fire would be kindled.

Answer 2

There are several examples reported in the Old Testament of human sacrifice by the Hebrew people, but this practice had ceased by the end of the Judahite monarchy. One example of a king killing his own children is in the post-Exilic history, 2 Chronicles 28:1-3, which criticises King Ahaz of Judah for sacrificing his children by fire.

Answer 3

King Jehoram of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah, with the assistance of the prophet Elisha, fought the Moabites and besieged the Moab city of Kir-haraseth. They had the upper hand until the Moabite king sacrificed his eldest son on the wall of the city. The Hebrew people appear to have had such faith in the efficacy of human sacrifice that they believed their continued efforts would be in vain, since they then abandoned the siege (2 Kings 3:25-27).

Answer 4

David indirectly killed Absalom in battle, when Joab (in contravention of David's orders) executed him after his hair caught in the tree.