 | James Baikie - 1914 - 406 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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... | |
 | 1922 - 384 oldal
...battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that 60 drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom : but they could not. Then he...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,... | |
 | Roger Sherman Galer - 1922 - 220 oldal
...youngest son Segub, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun." 2 K 321 "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,... | |
 | 1923 - 694 oldal
...sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king 130 of Edom : but they could not. Then he took his eldest...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,... | |
 | Marion Josephine Benedict Rollins - 1927 - 204 oldal
...case of such propitiation of Chemosh, the god of Moab, occurs in II Kings 3 : 27. "Then he (Mesha) took his eldest son that should have reigned in his...and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath (of Chemosh) against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to... | |
 | Elizabeth Czarnomska - 1924 - 480 oldal
...the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not. Then he...stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall.1 And there came great wrath upon Israel. And they departed from him, and returned to their own... | |
 | Henry Malter - 1928 - 542 oldal
...mind." "I commanded not" refers to the son of Mesha king of Moab, for it is said (II Kings, 3. 27) : "Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned...and offered him for a burntoffering upon the wall. And there came great wrath upon Israel"; "nor spoke it" refers to the daughter of Jephthah; "neither... | |
 | Henry Malter - 1928 - 542 oldal
...mind." "I commanded not" refers to the son of Mesha king of Moab, for it is said (II Kings, 3. 27): "Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned...and offered him for a burntoffering upon the wall. And there came great wrath upon Israel"; "nor spoke it" refers to the daughter of Jephthah; "neither... | |
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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. 
