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2 Kings 3:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Kings 3:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 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. 3 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
4 [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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- 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 Kings 3:4 Tg: Heb lacks annually
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