2 Kings 3:27
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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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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEdom, southeast of the Dead Sea, joined Israel and Judah in invading Moab, whose capital stronghold, Kir-hareseth, lay in modern Jordan. Samaria was Israel’s capital, from which King Joram came; Moab’s king sacrificed his son during the siege, and the coalition withdrew amid great indignation.
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2 Kings 3:27 mentions Edom, Kir-hareseth, Moab and Samaria.
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