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Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
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A Desperate Pagan Sacrifice
In a moment of ultimate desperation, the king of Moab performed a horrific act common in some ancient pagan cultures: he sacrificed his own firstborn son. Commentators agree this was an offering to his god, Chemosh, in a last-ditch effort to appease the deity and save his kingdom. This event starkly illustrates the spiritual darkness and moral depravity that can result from idolatry, which Matthew Henry describes as a deed done at 'Satan's suggestion.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare the marginal reference. When his attack failed, Mesha, as a last resort, took his firstborn son and offered him as a burnt offering to appe…
19th Century
Anglican
Then. — This means And.
His eldest son — That is, the despairing king of Moab took his own son an…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead Not the eldest son of the king of Edom, whom the …
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