2 Kings 3:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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. ”
2 Kings 3:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 3:27 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 3:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then he took his oldest 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.”
2 Kings 3:27 — World English Bible
2 Kings 3:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
2 Kings 3:27 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 3:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and he taketh his son, the first-born who reigneth in his stead, and causeth him to ascend--a burnt-offering on the wall, and there is great wrath against Israel, and they journey from off him, and turn back to the land.”
2 Kings 3:27 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 3:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him up 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. ”
2 Kings 3:27 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 3:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then he tooke his eldest sonne, that should haue reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offring vpon the wall: so that Israel was sore grieued, and they departed from him, and returned to their countrey. ”
2 Kings 3:27 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 3:27 in Context — 2 Kings 3
25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir–haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
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.
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What Does 2 Kings 3:27 Mean?
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