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href="/bsb/2_kings/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_kings/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />After Ahab&#8217s death, Moab rebelled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />After King Ahab’s death, the land of Moab rebelled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Moab broke with Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now Moab revolted against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Ahab’s death, Moab rebelled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />After the death of King Ahab of Israel the country of Moab rebelled against Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Moab rebelled against Israel after Ahab died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moab transgresses against Israel after the death of Ahab,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Moab transgresseth against Israel after the death of Ahab,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Moab broke with Israel after Ahab died.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Moab rebelled against Israel, after the death of Achab. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then, after the death of Ahab, Moab transgressed against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />After Ahab’s death, Moab rebelled against Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />THEN Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Moab rebelled against Israel after Akhab was dead.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />AND Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Moab repelled against Israel after the death of Achaab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/1-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/1.htm">Elijah Denounces Ahaziah</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">After</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mō·wṯ (N-msc) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">the death</a> <a href="/hebrew/256.htm" title="256: ’aḥ·’āḇ (N-proper-ms) -- Once oechab; from 'ach and 'ab; brother of father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon.">of Ahab,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: mō·w·’āḇ (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. ">Moab</a> <a href="/hebrew/6586.htm" title="6586: way·yip̄·ša‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To rebel, transgress. A primitive root; to break away, i.e. Trespass, apostatize, quarrel.">rebelled</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: bə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">against Israel.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/3-5.htm">2 Kings 3:5-7</a></span><br />But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. / So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel. / And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/8-20.htm">2 Kings 8:20-22</a></span><br />In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king. / So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes. / So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/8-2.htm">2 Samuel 8:2</a></span><br />David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/8-11.htm">2 Samuel 8:11-12</a></span><br />and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued— / from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm">1 Kings 11:14-25</a></span><br />Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. / Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom. / Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-47.htm">1 Kings 22:47-49</a></span><br />And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king. / Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber. / At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm">Isaiah 15:1-9</a></span><br />This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! / Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-1.htm">Isaiah 16:1-14</a></span><br />Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion. / Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon: / “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">Jeremiah 48:1-47</a></span><br />Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled. / There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you. / A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-1.htm">Amos 2:1-3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. / So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. / I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Zephaniah 2:8-11</a></span><br />“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” / This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21-24</a></span><br />“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/6-11.htm">Mark 6:11</a></span><br />If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13-15</a></span><br />Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-41.htm">Acts 13:41</a></span><br />‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.</p><p class="hdg">Moab</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/24-7.htm">Numbers 24:7</a></b></br> He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed <i>shall be</i> in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/8-2.htm">2 Samuel 8:2</a></b></br> And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And <i>so</i> the Moabites became David's servants, <i>and</i> brought gifts.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/18-2.htm">1 Chronicles 18:2</a></b></br> And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, <i>and</i> brought gifts.</p><p class="hdg">after the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/18-2.htm">2 Kings 18:2</a></b></br> Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also <i>was</i> Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/60-8.htm">Psalm 60:8</a></b></br> Moab <i>is</i> my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.</p><p class="hdg">after the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/3-4.htm">2 Kings 3:4,5</a></b></br> And 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/8-20.htm">2 Kings 8:20,22</a></b></br> In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/22-51.htm">Ahab</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-41.htm">Ahab's</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-10.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-20.htm">Death</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">Free</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-53.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-34.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-33.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-26.htm">Rebelled</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-19.htm">Transgresseth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/3-1.htm">Ahab</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-27.htm">Ahab's</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-5.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-4.htm">Death</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-5.htm">Free</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-22.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-4.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-5.htm">Rebelled</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-5.htm">Transgresseth</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/1-1.htm">Moab rebels</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/1-2.htm">Ahaziah, sending to Baal-Zebub, has his judgement by Elijah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/1-5.htm">Elijah twice brings fire from heaven on those Ahaziah sent to apprehend him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/1-13.htm">He pities the third captain, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/1-15.htm">and, encouraged by an angel, tells the king of his death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/1-17.htm">Jehoram succeeds Ahaziah</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>After the death of Ahab</b><br>Ahab was the seventh king of Israel and is often remembered for his marriage to Jezebel and the promotion of Baal worship, which led Israel into idolatry. His death marked the end of a significant era of apostasy and conflict with the prophets of Yahweh, notably Elijah. Ahab's reign was characterized by political alliances and military campaigns, but also by spiritual decline. His death, as prophesied by Elijah (<a href="/1_kings/21-19.htm">1 Kings 21:19</a>), was a turning point for Israel, creating a power vacuum and uncertainty about the nation's future direction.<p><b>Moab rebelled against Israel</b><br>Moab was a neighboring nation to the east of Israel, across the Dead Sea. Historically, Moab had been subjugated by Israel during the reign of David (<a href="/2_samuel/8-2.htm">2 Samuel 8:2</a>) and had remained a vassal state, paying tribute to Israel. The rebellion of Moab signifies a shift in regional power dynamics following Ahab's death. This rebellion can be seen as a fulfillment of the instability prophesied due to Israel's disobedience (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-47.htm">Deuteronomy 28:47-48</a>). The Moabite Stone, an archaeological artifact, provides additional context, recording the Moabite King Mesha's perspective on this rebellion and his victories over Israel. This event sets the stage for the subsequent military campaigns and the involvement of the prophet Elisha, highlighting the ongoing struggle between Israel and its neighbors.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/ahab.htm">Ahab</a></b><br>The seventh king of Israel, known for his idolatry and wickedness, particularly his marriage to Jezebel and the promotion of Baal worship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>A neighboring nation east of Israel, often in conflict with Israel. The Moabites were descendants of Lot, Abraham's nephew.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, distinct from Judah, often led by kings who did not follow God's commandments.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/rebellion.htm">Rebellion</a></b><br>The act of Moab breaking free from Israelite control, indicating political instability following Ahab's death.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_leadership.htm">The Consequences of Leadership</a></b><br>Ahab's reign left a legacy of idolatry and instability. Leadership has lasting impacts, and ungodly leadership can lead to national and spiritual decline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience_to_god.htm">The Importance of Obedience to God</a></b><br>Israel's troubles often stemmed from disobedience to God's commands. Obedience brings blessing, while disobedience leads to turmoil and rebellion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_political_affairs.htm">God's Sovereignty in Political Affairs</a></b><br>The rebellion of Moab serves as a reminder that God is sovereign over nations. Political changes are under His control and serve His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cycle_of_sin_and_rebellion.htm">The Cycle of Sin and Rebellion</a></b><br>The history of Israel and Moab illustrates a cycle of sin, judgment, and rebellion. Recognizing this pattern can help believers break free from similar cycles in their own lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_1_kings_20_and_other_texts_on_ahab_compare.htm">How do the details of King Ahab's military campaigns in 1 Kings 20 align or conflict with other biblical passages about his reign?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_jehu_praised_yet_condemned.htm">How do we reconcile Hosea 1:4-5 with 2 Kings 10:30, where Jehu is commended, yet here his dynasty is condemned?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/when_did_king_baasha_die.htm">In what year of King Asa's reign did Baasha, King of Israel die? Twenty-sixth year (I Kings 15:33 - 16:8) Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_2_chr_18_and_1_kgs_22_inerrant.htm">Comparing 2 Chronicles 18 with 1 Kings 22, how can both accounts be inerrant if they present varying details about the same event?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>1.THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH CONTINUED.<p>EPISODE CONCERNING ELIJAH.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">Then.</span>--And.<p><span class= "bld">Moab rebelled against Israel.</span>--David reduced Moab to vassalage (<a href="/2_samuel/8-2.htm" title="And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.">2Samuel 8:2</a>; comp. <a href="/2_kings/23-20.htm" title="And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burned men's bones on them, and returned to Jerusalem.">2Kings 23:20</a>). After that event, Scripture is silent as to the fortunes of Moab. It probably took occasion of the troubles which ensued upon the death of Solomon, to throw off the yoke of Israel. The famous Moabite stone suplements the sacred history by recording the war of liberation which Mesha, king of Moab, successfully waged against the successors of Ahab. The inscription opens thus: "I am Mesha, son of Chemosh-gad, king of Moab the Dibonite. My father reigned over Moab thirty years, and I reigned after my father. And I made this <span class= "ital">bamah</span> ("high place," "pillar") for Chemosh in Korha, a <span class= "ital">bamah</span> of salvation, for he saved me from all the assailants, and let me see my desire upon mine enemies . . . Omri, king of Israel, and he oppressed Moab many days, for Chemosh was angry with his land. And his son (i.e., Ahab) succeeded him, and he, toe, said, 'I will oppress Moab.' In m? days he said (it), but I saw my desire upon him and his house, and Israel perished utterly for ever. And Omri occupied the land of Medeba, and dwelt therein, and (they oppressed Moab he and) his son forty years. And Chemosh looked (?) on it (i.e., Moab) in my days." From this unique and unhappily much injured record it appears that Omri had reduced Moab again to subjection, and that Ahab, who, like his father, was a strong sovereign, had maintained his hold upon the country. The death of Ahab and the sickness of Ahaziah would be Moab's opportunity. The revolt of Moab is mentioned here parenthetically. The subject is continued in <a href="/context/2_kings/3-4.htm" title="And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep master, and rendered to the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.">2Kings 3:4-27</a>. (See the Notes there.)<p>(2?16) A new and (according to Ewald and Thenius) later fragment of the history of Elijah.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Then Moab rebelled</span>; literally, <span class="accented">and Moab rebelled</span>, but with an idea, not merely of sequence, but of consequence. The "Moabite Stone," discovered in 1869, throws considerable light on the character and circumstances of this rebellion. <span class="cmt_word">Moab</span> had, we know, been subjected by David (<a href="/2_samuel/8-2.htm">2 Samuel 8:2</a>), and had been very severely treated. Either in the reign of Solomon, or more probably at his death, and the disruption of his kingdom, the Moabites had revolted, and resumed an independent position, which they had maintained until the reign of Omri. Omri, who was a warlike monarch, the greatest of the Israelite monarchs after Jeroboam, after settling himself firmly upon the throne of Israel, attacked the Moabite territory, and in a short time reduced it, making the native king, Chemosh-gad, his tributary. At the death of Omri, Ahab succeeded to the suzerainty, and maintained it during his lifetime, exacting a tribute that was felt as a severe "oppression" (Moabite Stone, line 6; comp. <a href="/2_kings/3-4.htm">2 Kings 3:4</a>). The death of Ahab in battle and the defeat of his army encouraged Mesha, who had succeeded his father, Chemosh-gad, to raise the standard of revolt once more, and to emancipate his country after a period of subjection which he estimates roughly at "forty years." The "Stone" is chiefly occupied with an account of the steps by which he recovered his territory. <span class="cmt_word">After the death of Ahab.</span> Probably, as soon as he heard of it. In Oriental empires the death of a brave and energetic monarch is constantly the signal for a general revolt of the subject peoples. They entertain a hope that his successor will not inherit his vigor and capacity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/1-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the death</span><br /><span class="heb">מ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Ahab,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחְאָֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(’aḥ·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_256.htm">Strong's 256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moab</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹאָב֙</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rebelled</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּפְשַׁ֤ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yip̄·ša‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6586.htm">Strong's 6586: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break away, trespass, apostatize, quarrel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/1-1.htm">2 Kings 1:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/1-1.htm">2 Kings 1:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/1-1.htm">2 Kings 1:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/1-1.htm">2 Kings 1:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/1-1.htm">2 Kings 1:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/1-1.htm">2 Kings 1:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/1-1.htm">2 Kings 1:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/1-1.htm">2 Kings 1:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/1-1.htm">2 Kings 1:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/1-1.htm">2 Kings 1:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/1-1.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 1:1 Moab rebelled against Israel after the death (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/22-53.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 22:53"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 22:53" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/1-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 1:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 1:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>