they sacrificed: However unnatural and horrid human sacrifices may appear, it is certain, that they did not only exist, but almost universally prevailed in the heathen world, especially among the Canaanites and Phoenicians. Deu 12:30-31, Deu 18:10; 2Ki 16:3, 2Ki 17:17, 2Ki 21:6; Isa 57:5; Jer 7:31, Jer 32:35; Eze 16:20-21, Eze 20:26, Eze 23:37, Eze 23:47
devils: Lev 17:7; Deu 32:17; 2Ch 11:15; 1Co 10:20; Rom 9:20