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2 Kings 3:5

but when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against 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

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.
Bible in Basic English
But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of 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

1Joram son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria during the eighteenth year of Judah’s King Jehoshaphat, and he reigned twelve years. 2He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, but not like his father and mother, for he removed the sacred pillar of Baal his father had made. 3Nevertheless, Joram clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. He did not turn away from them. 4King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He used to pay the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams, 5but when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against 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 you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”
Genesis 3:2
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:3
But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”
Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Genesis 3:10
And he said, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”
Genesis 3:13
So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?”
Genesis 3:14
So the Lord God said to the serpent:
Genesis 3:15
I will put hostility between you and the woman,and between your offspring and her offspring.He will strike your head,and you will strike his heel.
Genesis 3:22
The Lord God said, “Since the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

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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