2 Kings 1:1

Elijah and the Messengers of Ahaziah

1 Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

2 Kings 1:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 1:1

Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
] Which had been in subjection to them from the times of David, ( 2 Samuel 8:2 ) refusing to pay a tribute as they had done; taking advantage of Ahab's ill success with the king of Syria, and of his death, and the condition and circumstances of his successor.

2 Kings 1:1 In-Context

1 Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

2 Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice in his upper room, which [was] in Samaria, and he was injured. So he sent messengers, and he said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury."

3 Then the angel of Yahweh spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, "Get up, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and speak to them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you [are] going to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?'

4 Therefore, thus says Yahweh, 'The bed upon which you have gone, you will not come down from it, but you shall surely die.'" So Elijah went.

5 When the messengers returned to him, he asked them, "Why have you returned?"