² He did evil^(A) in the eyes of the Lord, but not as his father^(B) and mother had done. He got rid of the sacred stone^(C) of Baal that his father had made. ³ Nevertheless he clung to the sins^(D) of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

⁴ Now Mesha king of Moab^(E) raised sheep, and he had to pay the king of Israel a tribute of a hundred thousand lambs^(F) and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.