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He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and mother, for he put away the pillar of Ba′al which his father had made. Nevertheless he clung to the sin of Jerobo′am the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from it.

War with Moab

[a]Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he had to deliver annually[b] to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.

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Footnotes

  1. 3.4-27 The Moabite Stone, or Stele of Mesha, in the Louvre, found in Trans-Jordan in 1868, describes the liberation of Moab from Israel, but understandably is silent about its subjection.
  2. 2 Kings 3:4 Tg: Heb lacks annually

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