 | Stephen Farley - 1851 - 422 pages
...in the extremity of a hard battle turning against him, that " the king of Moab took his own son, who should have reigned in his stead, and offered him...a burnt-offering upon the wall." 2 Kings, iii. 27. All the human sacrifices in Mexico were offered to the odious and terrible god of war. It was believed... | |
 | 1857 - 924 pages
...that the battle was too sore for him, and that he could not cut his way through the besieging army, took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And Grotefend deciphered an inscription of Nebuchadnezzar which contains... | |
 | 1851 - 668 pages
...men that drew swords, to break through even* unto the king of Edom: but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and II offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Jsrael:... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1852 - 548 pages
...the king of Edom, but failed in the undertaking. As a last experiment to appease his angry gods, " he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his...and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall." Struck with horror at the transaction, the Israelitish host departed for their homes.* * 2 Kings iii.... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1852 - 712 pages
...Moah,§ when he was in great distress in hi* war against Israel and Judah, informs us of; who " then took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his...stead, and offered him for a burntoffering upon the city wall." This also the Jewish prophet Micah^f implies, when he inquires, " Wherewith shall I come... | |
 | sir George Sinclair (2nd bart.) - 1852 - 818 pages
...offer the fruit of the body for the sin of the soul, and follow the precedent of the king of Edom, who took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering ; but, whether the Lord will or will not be pleased with thousands of rams, and ten thousands of rivers... | |
 | George Bush - 1852 - 268 pages
...actually to have done; and in precisely the same words, joined in the same construction ; ' Then took he his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him (for) a burnt offering, (niir 1ni)S^"l) upon the wall.' These words differ from Jephthah's only in the mood,... | |
 | 1853 - 446 pages
...ward off the affliction of Babylon, something similar to what we read of the King of Moab. " Then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall." (2 Kings iii. 27.) NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received Hie communications... | |
 | 1853 - 762 pages
...men that drew swords, to break through even unto the 27 king of Edom: but they conld not. Then 'he s Tract Society"+"'Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)( him^or a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was groat indignation against Israel:8 *and they departed... | |
 | William McGirr - 1854 - 418 pages
...hundred men that drew swords, to break through unto the King of Edom : but they could not. Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall." This event took place, according to Scripture chronologists, 895 years... | |
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