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[a]Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and paid in tribute to the king of Israel [annually] 100,000 lambs and 100,000 rams, with the wool.

But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

So King Joram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.

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  1. 2 Kings 3:4 This name of the king of Moab occurs in the first line of the Moabite Stone. In that inscription the Moabite king mentions his successes against Omri and Omri’s successor (I Kings 16:23).

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