2 Kings 3:5

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

2 Kings 3:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 3:5

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.

2 Kings 3:5 In-Context

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.

6 At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.

7 And he sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has got free from my authority: will you go with me to make war on Moab? And he said, I will go with you: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.