2Ki 3:4 | NETfull | STEP | Now King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He would send as tribute to the king of Israel 100,000 male lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.

2 Kings 3:4

4 Now King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. ^{▼▼ For a discussion of the meaning of term (נֹקֵד, noqed), see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 43.} He would send as tribute ^{▼▼ The vav + perfect here indicates customary action contemporary with the situation described in the preceding main clause. See IBHS 533–34 #32.2.3e.} to the king of Israel 100,000 male lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.