2Ki 3:26-27 | ESV | STEP | When the king of Moab saw that the battle was going against him, he took with him 700 swordsmen to break through , opposite the king of Edom , but they could not .

2 Kings 3:26-27

26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was going against him, he took with him 700 ^aswordsmen to break through, opposite the king of Edom, but they could not. 27 Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place ^band offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel. And they withdrew from him and returned to their own land.