2 Kings 3:27 Then he took his oldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. Torrey's Topical Textbook
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The Iranian Conquest ... the limbs of the nobleman's own son to be ... and Cyrus, having overcome Astyages, was proclaimed king by the ... known to us as Cyrus, succeeded his father Cambyses ... /.../chapter ithe iranian conquest.htm
