 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 428 pages
...And when the King of Moab faw that the Battle was too fore for him, he took with him feven hundred Men that drew Swords, to break through even unto the King of Edom : but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldeft Son, that mould have reigned in his (lead, and offered him for a Burnt-offering... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...-And when the King of Moab faw that the Battle was too fore for him, he took with him feven hundred Men that drew Swords, to break through even unto the King of Edom : but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldeftSon, that fhould have reigned in his (lead, and offered him for a Burnt-offering... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English essays - 1805 - 320 pages
...him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew •vords, to break through even unto the kingdom of Edom ; but they could not. Then he took his eldest...have reigned in his stead,, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall." , It is shocking beyond expression, that a father should immolate a... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 534 pages
...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, thinking to attack /am, the army being weakest there :f but they could not, and 37 viere refiulscd.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...for battery, went about it; and, taking advantage of the fittest place of entry, smote it. III. 27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned...and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And, there was great indignation against Israel: and they departedfrom him, and returned to their own... | |
 | Edward Moor - Hinduism - 1811 - 368 pages
...King of Moab, a sheepmaster, as he is called in Scripture, unable to prevail against the Edomites, " took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall/' 2 Kings, iii. 27. "Nor," says BURDER, Or. CMS. No. 2. " was the NN belief... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 588 pages
...\. .1»-l that human sacrifices were offered, appears from what 4toe reatfyfthe king of Moab, viho took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering, 2 Kings iii. 27. ie • (3.) This also discovers itself in our affections, when they... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - Presbyterianism - 1815 - 572 pages
...lib. 1. And that human sacrifices -acre eferetl, appears from -what tee readvfthe king of Moab, who took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering, 2 Kings iii. 27. (3.) This also discovers itself in our affections, when they are either... | |
 | Classical philology - 1822 - 410 pages
...of the Asphaltite lake ; of the people of Moab we read, that when its king was pressed in battle, " He took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering." Long prior, however, to this decided proof of the prevalence of this inhuman custom... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 276 pages
...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...should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall.' It is shocking beyond expression that a father should immolate a son... | |
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men that drew swords, to break through, even unto the King of Edom : but they could not. Then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. 
