2 Kings 8:20 In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.

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

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

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

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

International Standard Version
During Jehoram's lifetime, Edom rebelled from Judah's hegemony and appointed a king to rule 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.

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,

Cross References

Genesis 27:40
And by your sword shall you live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.

1 Kings 22:47
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

2 Kings 3:26
And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even to the king of Edom: but they could not.

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

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

18. daughter of Ahab—Athaliah, through whose influence Jehoram introduced the worship of Baal and many other evils into the kingdom of Judah (see 2Ch 21:2-20). This apostasy would have led to the total extinction of the royal family in that kingdom, had it not been for the divine promise to David (2Sa 7:16). A national chastisement, however, was inflicted on Judah by the revolt of Edom, which, being hitherto governed by a tributary ruler (2Ki 3:9; 1Ki 22:47), erected the standard of independence (2Ch 21:9).