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the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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2 Kings 3:5

But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Mesha;   Moabites;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jehoshaphat;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Moabites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mesha;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chemosh;   Jehoram;   Jehoshaphat;   Moabite Stone;   Omri;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Ahaziah;   Dibon;   Mesha;   Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Kir-Hareseth;   Mesha;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Edom, Edomites;   Jehoshaphat;   Medeba;   Mesha;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joram, Jehoram;   Mesha ;   Moab, Moabites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kirharaseth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armor;   Arms;   Jehoshaphat;   Mesha;   Moab;   Samaria;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moab;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chemosh;   Moab;   Moabite Stone;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
But it happened, when Ach'av was dead, that the king of Mo'av rebelled against the king of Yisra'el.
King James Version
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
English Standard Version
But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
New Century Version
But when Ahab died, the king of Moab turned against the king of Israel.
New English Translation
When Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Amplified Bible
But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
However, when King Ahab died, the king of Moab broke with the king of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the King of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
But it happened that when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
But soon after the death of Ahab, Mesha rebelled against Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
But after Ach'av died, the king of Mo'av rebelled against the king of Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
But when Ahab died, the king of Moab broke away from the rule of the king of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Good News Translation
But when King Ahab of Israel died, Mesha rebelled against Israel.
Lexham English Bible
It happened that when Ahab died, Mesha king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Literal Translation
And it happened when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But whan Achab was deed, the kynge of ye Moabites fell awaye fro the kynge of Israel.
American Standard Version
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But when Ahab was dead, it fortuned that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
King James Version (1611)
But it came to passe when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass, after the death of Achaab, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
English Revised Version
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Achab was deed, he brak the boond of pees, which he hadde with the kyng of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass at the death of Ahab, that the king of Moab transgresseth against the king of Israel.
Update Bible Version
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
World English Bible
But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
New King James Version
But it happened, when Ahab died, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
New Living Translation
But after Ahab's death, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
New Life Bible
But when Ahab died, the king of Moab turned against the king of Israel.
New Revised Standard
But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when Ahab died, that the king of Moab revolted against the king of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Achab was dead, he broke the league which he had made with the king of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

Contextual Overview

1 And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years. 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made. 3 But still he did the same sins which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do; he went on in them. 4 Now Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep-farmer; and he gave regularly to the king of Israel the wool from a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand sheep. 5 But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Kings 1:1, 2 Kings 8:20, 2 Chronicles 21:8-10

Reciprocal: Numbers 24:17 - Moab 2 Kings 13:20 - the Moabites 1 Chronicles 18:2 - brought gifts

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
Genesis 3:2
And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:
Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.
Genesis 3:7
And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.
Genesis 3:10
And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.
Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:
Genesis 3:15
And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. Who then was Ahaziah; but either through the pusillanimity of his temper, or the sickness that attended him, or the shortness of his reign, he took no steps to the reduction of him, or to oblige him to pay his tribute, which he neglected to do, and is meant by his rebellion.


 
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