1 Kings 22:47
\22:46\He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
In Context
48\22:47\At that time there was no king in Edom;
Cross References
Genesis 25:23And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.
Genesis 36:31And these are the kings who were ruling in the land of Edom before there was any king over the children of Israel.
1 Kings 15:12Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.
2 Kings 8:20In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:42-53
Jehoshaphat's Death. ( b. c. 897.) 41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord : nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people… Read the whole commentary →