2 Chronicles 21:8

In those days Edom revolted, from being subject to Juda, and made themselves a king.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.

In Context

7But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because of the covenant which he had made with him: and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.

9And Joram went over with his princes, and all his cavalry with him, and rose in the night, and defeated the Edomites who had surrounded him, and all the captains of his cavalry.

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:47And the remnant also of the effeminate, who remained in the days of Asa his father, he took out of the land.

2 Kings 8:20In his days Edom revolted, from being under Juda, and made themselves a king.

2 Chronicles 21:10However Edom revolted, from being under the dominion of Juda unto this day: at that time Lobna also revolted, from being under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord the God of his fathers:

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 21:2-12

Jehoram's Wicked Reign. ( b. c. 889.) 1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. 3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because… Read the whole commentary →

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