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When the king of Moab was hard-pressed, he took his firstborn son who was to reign after him and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. The text says great wrath came against Israel, and they withdrew and returned to their own land (2 Kings 3:26–27).
26When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
27Then he took his eldest 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.