* **break through** - King Mesha wanted to go through the Israelite army with his men to go ask the King of Edom and his army for their help in the battle.
* **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: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_explicit]])