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2 Kings 3:27

So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall.

And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.

2 Kings 3:27 BSB
  1. a Or And Israel’s fury was great

2 Kings 3:27 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Micah 6:7 (10 votes) and Deuteronomy 12:31 (9 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 19 to Micah 6.

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Which verses does 2 Kings 3:27 point to?

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  1. Micah 6:710 votes

    Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

  2. Deuteronomy 12:319 votes

    You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

  3. Judges 11:317 votes

    then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

  4. Ezekiel 16:205 votes

    You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?

  5. Amos 2:15 votes

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.

  6. Psalm 106:37–384 votes

    They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

  7. Genesis 22:23 votes

    “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

  8. Genesis 22:133 votes

    Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

  9. Judges 11:393 votes

    After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel

  10. 1 Samuel 14:36–463 votes

    And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.” So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day. …

  11. 1 Kings 20:132 votes

    Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”

  12. 1 Kings 20:282 votes
  13. 1 Kings 20:431 vote

Which verses point to 2 Kings 3:27?

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