2 Kings 8:20

In those dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer themselues.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Yet the Lord would not destroy Iudah, for Dauid his seruants sake, as he had promised him to giue him a light, and to his children for euer.

21Therefore Ioram went to Zair, and all his charets with him, and he arose by night, and smote the Edomites which were about him with the captains of the charets, and the people fled into their tents.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:40And by thy sword shalt thou liue, and shalt be thy brothers seruant. But it shall come to passe, when thou shalt get the masterie, that thou shalt breake his yoke from thy necke.

1 Kings 22:47There was then no King in Edom: the deputie was King.

2 Kings 3:9So went the King of Israel and the king of Iudah, and the King of Edom, and when they had compassed the way seuen dayes, they had no water for the hoste, nor for the cattell that followed them.

2 Kings 8:22So Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah vnto this day. then Libnah rebelled at that same time.

2 Chronicles 21:8In his dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer them.

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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