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2 Kings 3:27 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 3 · verse 27 · King James Version
Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.2 Kings 3:27 · King James Version
2 Kings 3:27 in context
25And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
26And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
27Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
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Key words (Strong's)
- indignationqetsepha splinterH7110 →
- offeringʻôlâha step orH5930 →
- reignedmâlakto reignH4427 →
- offeredʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- eldestbᵉkôwrfirstbornH1060 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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