II Kings · Chapter 3 King James Version

II Kings 3:4

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The Scripture

(4) And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Jehoram of Israel joined Jehoshaphat of Judah and the king of Edom to fight against Moab, but their armies nearly perished from lack of water in the wilderness until Elisha prophesied that the LORD would fill the valley with water without wind or rain. The armies defeated Moab, but the king of Moab, in desperation, offered his firstborn son as a burnt offering on the wall, causing great indignation against Israel.

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