1 Kings 22:47
(At that time there was no king in Edom; only a deputy who served as king.)
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
In Context
46He expelled from the land any cult prostitutes who were left from the time of his father Asa.
Cross References
Genesis 25:23“You have two nations inside you,” the Lord replied. “You're going to give birth to two peoples who will compete against each other. One will be stronger than the other; the older one will be the servant of the younger one.”
Genesis 36:31These were the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before there was any king who ruled over the Israelites:
1 Kings 15:12He expelled the cult prostitutes from the land and got rid of all of the idols that his forefathers had made.
2 Kings 8:20During Jehoram's time as king, Edom rebelled against Judah's rule and chose their own king.
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 →