“But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.”
After Ahab's death, Mesha rebels against Israel — the death of the strong king creates political opportunity; Moab seizes freedom from vassalage. Mesha's rebellion echoes Edom's earlier revolt and signals the fragmentation of Israelite regional control.
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