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2 Kings 1:1

וַיִּפְשַׁ֤ע

pâshaʻ

and — to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel מוֹאָב֙

Môwʼâb

Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

Yisrâʼêl

in/with/by — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity אַחֲרֵ֖י

ʼachar

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) מ֥וֹת

mâveth

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin אַחְאָֽב

ʼAchʼâb

Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon

2 Kings 1:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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Now Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

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Moab's rebellion is mentioned in a single detached sentence and then dropped entirely - a loose thread this book will pick back up only several chapters later.

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“Now Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.”

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