2 Kings 3:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³But he kept doing the sinful things that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to do.^[a]

The Country of Moab Rebels against Israel

⁴For many years the country of Moab had been controlled by Israel and was forced to pay taxes to the kings of Israel. King Mesha of Moab raised sheep, so he paid the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool from 100,000 rams. ⁵But soon after the death of Ahab, Mesha rebelled against Israel.

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Footnotes

3.3 the sinful things … to do: When Jeroboam became king of Israel, he made two gold statues of calves and put them in the towns of Bethel and Dan, so the people of Israel could worship them (see 1 Kings 12.26-30).