2 Kings 3:5
But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
In Context
6At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.
Cross References
2 Kings 1:1After the death of Ahab, Moab made itself free from the authority of Israel.
2 Kings 13:20And death came to Elisha and they put his body into the earth. Now in the spring of the year, armed bands of Moabites frequently came, overrunning the land.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 3:2-6
The Reign of Jehoram. ( b. c. 895.) 1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord ; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto… Read the whole commentary →