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swordsmen

"soldiers who fought using swords"; A sword is a flat-bladed metal weapon used to cut or stab.

offered him as a burnt offering

King Mesha burned his son with fire until he died. He did this as an offering to the false god of Moab, Chemosh. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)