2 Kings 8:20
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New International Version (©2011)
In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.

New Living Translation (©2007)
During Jehoram's reign, the Edomites revolted against Judah and crowned their own king.

English Standard Version (©2001)
In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up a king of their own.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
During Jehoram's reign, Edom rebelled against Judah's control and appointed their own king.

International Standard Version (©2012)
During Jehoram's lifetime, Edom rebelled from Judah's hegemony and appointed a king to rule over themselves.

NET Bible (©2006)
During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah's control and set up their own king.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
During Jehoram's time Edom rebelled against Judah and chose its own king.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

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

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
In his days Edom revolted, from being under Juda, and made themselves a king.

Darby Bible Translation
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

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

Young's Literal Translation
In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

8:16-24 A general idea is given of Jehoram's badness. His father, no doubt, had him taught the true knowledge of the Lord, but did ill to marry him to the daughter of Ahab; no good could come of union with an idolatrous family.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 20. - In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah. Edom had been conquered by Joab in the time of David, and had been treated with great severity, all the males, or at any rate all those of full age, having been put to death (1 Kings 11:15, 16). On the death of David, Edom seems to have revolted under a prince named Hadad, and to have re-established its independence. It had been again sub-jeered by the time of Jehoshaphat, who appointed a governor over it (1 Kings 22:47), and treated it as a portion of his own territories (2 Kings 3:8). Now the yoke was finally thrown off, as had been prophesied (Genesis 27:40). Edom became once more a separate kingdom, and was especially hostile to Judah. In the reign of Ahaz the Edomites "smote Judah" and carried away many captives (2 Chronicles 28:17). When the Chaldaeans attacked and besieged Jerusalem, they cried, "Down with it, down with it, even to the ground!" (Psalm 137:7). They looked on with joy at the capture of the holy city (Obadiah 1:12), and "stood in the crossway, to cut off such as escaped" (Obadiah 1:14). After the return from the Captivity, they were still Judah's enemies, and am especially denounced as such by the Prophet Malachi (Malachi 1:3-5). In the Maccabee wars, we find them always on the Syrian side (1 Mac. 4:29, 61 1 Mac. 5:3 1 Mac. 6:31; 2 Macc. 10:15, etc.), doing their best to rivet the hateful yoke of the heathen on their suffering brethren. As Idumaeans, the Herodian family must have been specially hateful to the Jews. And made a king over themselves. The king mentioned in 2 Kings 3:9, 26 was probably a mere vassal king under Jehoshaphat.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah,.... Who had been tributary to Judah ever since the times of David, for the space of one hundred and fifty years:

and made a king over themselves; for though they are said to have kings, those were only deputy kings, as in 1 Kings 22:47 and now the prediction of Isaac began to be accomplished, Genesis 27:40.

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Edom and Libnah Revolt
20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 21So 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. 22Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. …

Genesis 27:40 You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck."
1 Kings 22:47 There was then no king in Edom; a provincial governor ruled.
2 Kings 3:9 So the king of Israel set out with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. After a roundabout march of seven days, the army had no more water for themselves or for the animals with them.
2 Kings 3:26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed.
2 Kings 8:22 To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah. Libnah revolted at the same time.