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5But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

2 Kings 3:5

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-5)

Jehoram, the son of Ahab, and brother of Ahaziah, is here upon the throne of Israel; and, though he was but a bad man, yet two commendable things are here recorded of him:— I. That he removed his father’s idols. He did evil in many things, but not like his father Ahab or his mother Jezebel, 2 Kgs. 3:2. Bad he was, but not so bad, so overmuch wicked , as Solomon speaks, Eccl. 7:17. Perhaps Jehoshap...

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