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And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen Ahabכְּ אַחְאָבdied,מוֹתthat the kingוַ מֶלֶךְof Moabמוֹאָבrebelledיִּפְשַׁעagainst the kingבְּמֶלֶךְof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Kings 3:5
Study it in the app“And it happened, when Ahab died, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:5, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- when Ahabאַחְאָבachav
Ahab
Ahab: a name meaning "father's brother." It is the king of Israel, son of Omri, who married Jezebel and served Baal (1 Kings 16:29–22:40); a false prophet in Babylon also bears the name (Jeremiah 29:21).
Where else “achav” appears- diedמוֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears- that the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- rebelledיִּפְשַׁעyifsha
rebel
To rise up against a king.
Where else “yifsha” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
4Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep breeder, and he delivered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams with their wool.
5 · This verse (above)
6King Joram went out on that day from Samaria and mustered all Israel.