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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 3:27 - 3:27
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took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering, etc. - By this deed of horror, to which the allied army drove the king of Moab, a divine judgment came upon Israel; that is, the besiegers feared the anger of God, which they had incurred by giving occasion to the human sacrifice forbidden in the law (Lev 18:21; Lev 20:3), and hastily raised the siege.