Mesha in Biblical History

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Who is Mesha?
ME'SHA
(deliverance). 1. A king of Moab who refused to pay to Jehoram, king of Israel, the annual tribute which he had been accustomed to pay to his father Ahab. For this offence Jehoram determined to punish him; and calling to his aid Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and the king of the Edomites, he invaded the territory of Moab, signally defeated him, desolated the country, and at last the king and his army were closely besieged in a walled town. In this extremity Mesha attempted to cut his way through the enemy's ranks; but, failing in this, he made the horrible sacrifice of his eldest son to some idol-god, and it was done openly upon the wall, in sight of the camp of Israel, who, fearing to have incurred the anger of God by having given occasion to a human sacrifice, retreated to their own country. 2 Kgs 3:4-27. A most wonderful corroboration of the Scripture history is found in the famous Moabite Stone. See Dibon. 2. A son of Caleb, and brother of Mareshah. 1 Chr 2:42. 3. A Benjamite, son of Shaharaim. 1 Chr. 8:9.

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