2 Kings 3:25-27
1599 Geneva Bible
25 And they destroyed the cities: and on all the good field every man cast his stone, and filled them and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees: only in [a]Kir Haraseth left they the stones thereof: howbeit they went about it with slings, and smote it.
26 And when the King of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew the sword, to break through unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
27 Then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and [b]offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall: so that Israel was sore grieved, and they departed from him, and returned to their country.
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- 2 Kings 3:25 Which was one of the principle cities of the Moabites, wherein they left nothing but the walls.
- 2 Kings 3:27 Some refer it to the king of Edom’s son, whom they say he had taken in that skirmish: but rather it seemed to be his own son, whom he offered to his gods to pacify them: which barbarous cruelty moved the Israelites’ hearts of pity to depart.
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