2 Kings 3:27 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁷ then took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 him, and returned to their own land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Then he [Moab's king] took his eldest son, who was to reign in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall [in full view of the horrified enemy kings]. And there was great indignation, wrath, and bitterness against Israel; and they [his allies Judah and Edom] withdrew from [Joram] and returned to their own land.

American Standard Version (1901)

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 wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Then he took his oldest son, who was to succeed him as king, and he offered him on the wall as an entirely burned offering. As a result, outrage was expressed by Israel. So they pulled back from Moab’s king and returned to their own country.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And taking his firstborn son, who would have reigned in his place, he offered him as a holocaust upon the wall. And there was great indignation in Israel. And they promptly withdrew from him, and they turned back to their own land.

2 Kings 3:27 Cross References

Genesis 22:13

And Aḇ

Genesis 22:2

And He said, “Take your son, now, your only son Yitsḥ

1 Kings 20:13

And see, a prophet came near to Aḥ

1 Kings 20:28

And there came near a man of Elohim and spoke to the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 20:43

And the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

2 Kings 3:26

And when the sovereign of Mo’aḇ

Ezekiel 16:20

“And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me, and these you slaughtered as food to them. Were your whorings a small matter,

Amos 2:1

Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Mo’aḇ

Micah 6:7

Is יהוה  pleased with thousands of rams or ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my being?

Deuteronomy 12:31

“Do not do so to יהוה  your Elohim, for every abomination which יהוה  hates they have done to their mighty ones, for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their mighty ones.

Judges 11:31

then it shall be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall belong to יהוה, and I shall offer it up as a burnt offering.”

Judges 11:39

And it came to be at the end of two months that she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and she knew no man. And it became a statute in Yisra’ĕ