 This verse had perplexed many later Jewish and Christian commentators who tried to explain what the impact of the Moabite King's sacrifice was, to make those under siege emboldened while disheartening the Israelites, make God angry at the Israelites or the Israelites fear his anger, make Chemosh (who the Moabites considered to be a god) angry, or otherwise .Whatever the explanation, evidently at the time of writing such an act of sacrificing the firstborn son and heir, while prohibited by Israelites (Deuteronomy 12