27 Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place (A)and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel. And they withdrew from him and returned to their own land.

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(A)Will the Lord be pleased with[a] thousands of rams,
    with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
(B)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:7 Or Will the Lord accept

31 then whatever[a] comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites (A)shall be the Lord's, and (B)I will offer it[b] up for a burnt offering.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:31 Or whoever
  2. Judges 11:31 Or him

31 (A)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way, for every (B)abominable thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods, for (C)they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.

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Thus says the Lord:

(A)“For three transgressions of (B)Moab,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because (C)he burned to lime
    the bones of the king of Edom.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:1 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6

20 (A)And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and (B)these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter

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37 They (A)sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to (B)the demons;
38 they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was (C)polluted with blood.

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43 And the king of Israel (A)went to his house vexed and sullen and came to Samaria.

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Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad

13 And behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel and said, “Thus says the Lord, Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, (A)I will give it into your hand this day, (B)and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

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36 Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” But (A)the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.” 37 And Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?” (B)But he did not answer him that day. 38 And Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the people, and know and see how this sin has arisen today. 39 For (C)as the Lord lives who saves Israel, (D)though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him. 40 Then he said to all Israel, “You shall be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.” 41 Therefore Saul said, “O Lord God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant this day? If this guilt is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord, God of Israel, give Urim. But if this guilt is in your people Israel, give Thummim.”[a] (E)And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped. 42 Then Saul said, (F)“Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was taken.

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, (G)“Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, (H)“I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am; I will die.” 44 And Saul said, (I)“God do so to me and more also; (J)you shall surely die, Jonathan.” 45 Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! (K)As the Lord lives, (L)there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die. 46 Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:41 Vulgate and Septuagint; Hebrew Therefore Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, “Give Thummim.”

39 And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, (A)who did with her according to his vow that he had made. She had never known a man, and it became a custom in Israel

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He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to (A)the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

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28 And a (A)man of God came near and said to the king of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because the Syrians have said, (B)“The Lord is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys,” therefore (C)I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’”

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13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

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