2 Kings 8:20

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

In Context

19Howbeit the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David His servant's sake, as He promised him to give unto him a lamp and to his children alway.

21Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:40And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, that thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

1 Kings 22:47(22-48) And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

2 Kings 3:9So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey; and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.

2 Kings 8:22Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.

2 Chronicles 21:8In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:17-25

The Reign of Jehoram. ( b. c. 884.) 16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord . 19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his… Read the whole commentary →

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