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2 Kings 3:5 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 3 · verse 5
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.2 Kings 3:5 · King James Version
2 Kings 3:5 in context
3Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
4And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
5But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
7And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rebelledpâshaʻto break awayH6586 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- AhabʼAchʼâbAchab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at BabylonH256 →
- deadmâvethdeathH4194 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- MoabMôwʼâbMoab, an incestuous son of LotH4124 →
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Jehoram, the son of Ahab, and brother of Ahaziah, is here upon the throne of Israel; and, though he was but a bad man, yet two commendable things are here recorded of him: - I. That he removed his father's idols. He did evil in many things, but not like his father Ahab or his mother Jezebel, Kg2 3:2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5