 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 492 pages
...swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldest sou that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1869 - 612 pages
...of Moab,5 when he was in great distress in his 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 burnt-offering upon the city wall. This also the 1 Jcr. xixii. 35. » Ezek. xvi. 20, 21. 3 Wisdom, xii. 4-6 4 Ap. Marsh, p.... | |
 | William Drake - 1869 - 90 pages
...burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. — This should be compared with 2 Kings iii. 27 — "Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel ; and they departed from... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne, Julius August Brewer - 1910 - 600 pages
...seven hundred 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 offered him/or a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed... | |
 | Louis Wallis - 1912 - 354 pages
...out and escape. Goaded to desperation, King Mesha now resolved upon a measure of the last extremity: "Then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned...and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. " This was done with all solemnity upon the wall of the besieged city, in full view of the Israelites,... | |
 | Conway Whittle Sams - 1913 - 362 pages
...when the King of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred man that drew swords, to break through, even unto the...should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from... | |
 | 1868 - 1206 pages
...misfortune, in the extremity of his distress, and as a last resource to appease offended heaven, " he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in...for a burnt-offering upon the wall" (-2 Kings iii. 26, 27.) Bat we return to the age of Abraham. The difficulty occasioned by the command which had been... | |
 | James Baikie - 1914 - 406 pages
...the value of human sacrifice. Mesha was besieged in his capital city, and reduced to despair, when " he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in...and offered him for a burntoffering upon the wall " (II Kings iii. 27). This horrible sacrifice, made in full view of the besieging army, apparently... | |
 | Sister Mary Domitilla - 1917 - 396 pages
...city was beset by the slingers, and a great part thereof destroyed. drew the sword, to break it upon the king of Edom ; but they could not. Then he took...have reigned, in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall : and there was great indignation in Israel ; and presently the Israelites... | |
 | Alexander MacCallum Scott - 1921 - 264 pages
...were sacrificed to placate the god. When Mesha, King of Moab, saw that the battle was too sore for him he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. A brazen image of Moloch, horned and bull- headed, stood in the Temple... | |
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Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. 
