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2 Kings 3:5

king of Moab rebelled—This is a repetition of II Kings 1:1, in order to introduce an account of the confederate expedition for crushing this revolt, which had been allowed to continue unchecked during the short reign of Ahaziah.

2 Kings 3:4-6

MESHA, KING OF MOAB, REBELS. (II Kings 3:4-5)

Mesha king of Moab, etc.—As his dominions embraced an extensive pasture country, he paid, as annual tribute, the wool of a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams. It is still common in the East to pay custom and taxes in the fruits or natural produce of the land.

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