2 Kings

2 Kings 3:27

²⁷So 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,^e so they withdrew and returned to their own land.

Footnotes

e 3:27 Or And Israel’s fury was great

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So he took	וַיִּקַּח֩	way·yiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
his firstborn	הַבְּכ֜וֹר	hab·bə·ḵō·wr	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1060 first-born
son	בְּנ֨וֹ	bə·nōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
who	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
was to succeed him	יִמְלֹ֣ךְ	yim·lōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
and offered him	וַיַּעֲלֵ֤הוּ	way·ya·‘ă·lê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
as a burnt offering	עֹלָה֙	‘ō·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5930 whole burnt-offering
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the city wall	הַ֣חֹמָ֔ה	ha·ḥō·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2346 wall
And there was	וַיְהִ֥י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
great	גָּד֖וֹל	gā·ḏō·wl	Adjective - masculine singular	H1419 great
fury	קֶצֶף־	qe·ṣep̄-	Noun - masculine singular	H7110 wrath
against	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the Israelites	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
so they withdrew	וַיִּסְעוּ֙	way·yis·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5265 pull out or up, set out, journey
and returned	וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ	way·yā·šu·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
to	לָאָֽרֶץ׃פ	lā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Micah 6:7 · Deuteronomy 12:31 · Judges 11:31 · Ezekiel 16:20 · Amos 2:1 · Psalm 106:37–38 · 1 Samuel 14:36–46 · Judges 11:39 · Genesis 22:13 · Genesis 22:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.