The death of Ahab and the sickness of Ahaziah would be Moab’s opportunity for revolt. How successful the revolt was may be judged from the record of the Moabite Stone. Not only did Moab regain its sovereignty, but Israelite towns were taken and many Israelites were put to death. Thus Mesha says of his taking of Nebo from Israel that he “took it and smote all of them, 7,000 men, boys (?), women, girls (?), and maid servants, for I had devoted it to Ashtar-Kemosh” (see pp. 864, 865).