2 Kings 3:4

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2 Kings 3:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

3 Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.

5 But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

6 So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.

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Genesis 13:2

And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

Genesis 26:13

and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

Genesis 26:14

He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

2 Chronicles 26:10

Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

Job 1:3

and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

Job 42:12

So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

2 Samuel 8:2

David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

1 Chronicles 18:2

David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.

Psalms 60:8

Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

Psalms 108:9

Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

Psalms 108:10

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Isaiah 16:1

Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.