2 Kings 8:21

So Yoram went over to Tzair, and all the merkavot with him; and he rose by lailah, and attacked Edom who had him surrounded, and the commanders of the merkavot; and the army fled to their ohalim (tents, homes).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

In Context

20In his yamim Edom pasha (rebelled) from under the yad Yehudah, and set a melech over themselves.

22Yet Edom revolted from under the yad Yehudah unto this day. Then Livnah revolted at the same time.

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Cross References

2 Kings 14:7He struck down Edom in the Gey HaMelach 10,000, and took Sela + 14:7 Petra in milchamah (battle), and called the shem of it Yokte'el unto this day.

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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