<p class="poetry">So I will set Moab on fire,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and it will consume Kerioth&#8217;s<n id="2" /> fortresses.p> <p class="poetry">Moab will perish<n id="3" /> in the heat of battle<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">amid war cries and the blaring<n id="5" /> of the ram&#8217;s horn.<n id="6" />p>

After Saul had secured his royal position over Israel, he fought against all their<n id="1" /> enemies on all sides &#8211; the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. In every direction that he turned he was victorious.<n id="2" />

Moreover, all the Judeans who were in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other countries heard what had happened. They heard that the king of Babylon had allowed some people to stay in Judah and that he had appointed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to govern them.