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2 Kings 3:27

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.

KJV

Arripiensque filium suum primogenitum, qui regnaturus erat pro eo, obtulit holocaustum super murum : et facta est indignatio magna in Israël, statimque recesserunt ab eo, et reversi sunt in terram suam.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν πρωτότοκον, ὃς ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν αὐτὸν ὁλοκαύτωμα ἐπὶ τοῦ τείχους· καὶ ἐγένετο μετάμελος μέγας ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ. καὶ ἀπῆραν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν γῆν.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּקַּח֩ אֶת בְּנ֨/וֹ הַ/בְּכ֜וֹר אֲשֶׁר יִמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֗י/ו וַ/יַּעֲלֵ֤/הוּ עֹלָה֙ עַל הַ֣/חֹמָ֔ה וַ/יְהִ֥י קֶצֶף גָּד֖וֹל עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ/יִּסְעוּ֙ מֵֽ/עָלָ֔י/ו וַ/יָּשֻׁ֖בוּ לָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּכ֣וֹר
bkvr
noun · 118×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
verb · 349×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּסְע֖וּ
ys'v
verb · 145×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹלָ֖ה
'lh
noun · 288×
קֶ֣צֶף
qtsp
noun · 29×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 14:36 — And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said
  • 2Kgs 8:20 — In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
  • Amos 2:1 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
  • Deut 12:31 — Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to t
  • Ezek 16:20 — Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
  • Gen 22:2 — And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee o
  • Gen 22:2 — And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee o
  • Gen 22:13 — And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his
  • Judg 11:31 — Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt of
  • Judg 11:39 — And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
  • Mic 6:7 — Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
  • Mic 6:7 — Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
  • Ps 106:37 — Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,