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2 Kings 3:27

Sin

25 They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.

26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.

So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.
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BSB
So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.
KJV
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.
WEB
Then he took his oldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
ASV
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 wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
DARBY
And he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him up for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to [their own] land.
BLB
And he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and he lifted him up [as] a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to the land.
ÅB
Da tok han sin førstefødte sønn, som skulle bli konge i hans sted, og ofret ham som brennoffer på muren. Da kom det en stor vrede over Israel, og de brøt opp derfra og vendte tilbake til sitt land.
[^1]: d.e. tjente ham.
[^2]: ESK 1, 3.
OTB
Så tok han sin førstefødte sønn, som skulle etterfølge ham som konge, og ofret ham som et brennoffer på muren. Stor vrede kom over Israel, og de trakk seg tilbake fra ham og vendte tilbake til sitt eget land.
B1930
Da tok han sin førstefødte sønn, som skulde bli konge i hans sted, og ofret ham som brennoffer på muren. Da kom det en stor vrede over Israel, og de brøt op derfra og vendte tilbake til sitt land.

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Cross references

  • Micah 6:7

    Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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  • Deuteronomy 12:31

    You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

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  • Judges 11:31

    then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

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  • Ezekiel 16:20

    You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?

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  • Amos 2:1

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.

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  • Psalms 106:37–38

    They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:36–46

    And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”

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  • Judges 11:39

    After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel

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