Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
Then Moab rebelled. Subdued by David (2 Samuel 8:2), they had, in the partition of Israel and Judah, fallen to the share of the former kingdom. But they took advantage of the death of Ahab to shake off the yoke (see the notes at 2 Kings 3:5). The casualty that befell Ahaziah prevented his taking active measures for suppressing this revolt, which was accomplished as a providential judgment on the house of Ahab for all their crimes.