Phonecia is mentioned under later names as Canaan, Israel, Judea, Syria, Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, and Arvad
Lev.18:21 forbids the Israelites to sacrifice their children--which presupposes that it was a known custom in the area which they were not to follow.
2 Kings 3:27 tells of the king of Moab taking his oldest son and offering him for a burnt offering (the king is identified as Mesha in verse 4). The Moabites lived east of the Dead Sea and were descended from Lot, Abraham's nephew, according to Genesis 19:37.