2 Kings 3:5 meaning and explanation

But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

2 Kings 3:5, Berean Standard Bible

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The narrator explains why Israel's king marched east: Moab had been a vassal paying tribute, and Ahab's death looked like the moment to break free. The verse sits between the description of that tribute, a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams, and Jehoram's mobilization of Israel.

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