The Moabite king tried to rebel against Israel, but Jehoram, son of Ahab, gathered the king of Judah and the king of Edom to fight the Moabites. Refreshed by a miracle, the coalition army destroyed the Moabites. In an effort to get the Moabite god to respond to the threat, the king sacrifices his son as a burnt offering on the wall. Because of his opposition to the Lord, the king lost his army, all the arable land, all the good trees, and now, by his own hand, his son. To be in opposition to the Lord is not a good place to be.
