Mesa (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
John Tierney · 1913
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Description
Mesa, a king of Moab in the ninth century B.C., is known from 2 Kings 3. He paid tribute to Achab, King of Israel, of a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams with their fleeces. Moab's rich pastures made the tribute possible. After Achab's death Mesa refused tribute, so Joram of Israel, Josaphat of Juda, and Edom's king allied against him.
They marched south through arid land, where the prophet Eliseus supplied water against thirst. The ditches they had dug at the prophet's command filled, and at sunrise the Moabites saw the waters red as blood before them. Thinking their foes had slain each other, they rushed to the spoils, only to be driven back with great slaughter. Mesa, failing to cut through the besiegers with seven hundred warriors, took his eldest son and put him to death on the city wall in full sight.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | John Tierney |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |