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Good News Translation

2 Kings 8:22

Edom has been independent of Judah ever since. During this same period the city of Libnah also revolted.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Edomites;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jehoram;   Thompson Chain Reference - Libnah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Edomites, the;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Joram or Jehoram;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Philistia, philistines;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoram;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Jehoram;   Kings, the Books of;   Libnah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Ezion-Geber;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Libnah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jacob;   Jehoram;   Kings, Books of;   Libnah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Esau ;   Hazael ;   Joram, Jehoram;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ramothgilead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahaziah;   Elisha;   Idumaeans;   Libnah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Lib'nah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehoram;   Joel (2);   Joram;   Kings, Books of;   Libnah;   Obadiah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amaziah, King of Judah;   Jehoram (Joram);   Kings, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Edom is still in rebellion against Judah’s control today. Libnah also rebelled at that time.
Hebrew Names Version
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Yehudah to this day. Then did Livna revolt at the same time.
King James Version
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
English Standard Version
So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
New Century Version
From then until now the country of Edom has fought against the rule of Judah. At the same time Libnah also broke away from Judah's rule.
New English Translation
So Edom has remained free from Judah's control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled.
Amplified Bible
So Edom revolted against Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
New American Standard Bible
So Edom has broken away from Judah to this day. Then Libnah broke away at the same time.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah vnto this day. then Libnah rebelled at that same time.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Edom revolted against Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
Contemporary English Version
Judah was never able to regain control of Edom. Even the town of Libnah rebelled at that time.
Complete Jewish Bible
Nevertheless, since that day Edom has remained free of Y'hudah's domination. Livnah revolted at the same time.
Darby Translation
But the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the Edomites broke away from the rule of Judah. And they have been free from the rule of Judah until today. At the same time Libnah also broke away from Judah's rule.
George Lamsa Translation
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah even to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
Lexham English Bible
So Edom has rebelled against the rule of Judah until this day; then Libnah also rebelled at that time.
Literal Translation
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
therfore fell the Edomites awaye from Iuda vnto this daye. At the same tyme fell Libna awaye also.
American Standard Version
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
Bible in Basic English
So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But Edom rebelled, so that he woulde not be vnder the hande of Iuda vnto this day: Then Libnah rebelled that same time.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
King James Version (1611)
Yet Edom reuolted from vnder the hand of Iudah vnto this day. Then Libnah reuolted at the same time.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda till this day. Then Lobna revolted at that time.
English Revised Version
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
Berean Standard Bible
So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Edom yede awei, that it was not vndur Juda `til to this day; thanne also Lobna yede awey in that tyme.
Young's Literal Translation
and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah till this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time.
Update Bible Version
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
World English Bible
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
New King James Version
Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah's authority to this day. And Libnah revolted at that time.
New Living Translation
So Edom has been independent from Judah to this day. The town of Libnah also revolted about that same time.
New Life Bible
So Edom turned against the rule of Judah to this day. Libnah turned against Judah's rule at the same time.
New Revised Standard
So Edom has been in revolt against the rule of Judah to this day. Libnah also revolted at the same time.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yet did Edom revolt from under the hand of Judah, unto this day, - then, revolted Libnah, at the same time.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Edom revolted from being under Juda, unto this day. Then Lobna also revolted at the same time.
Revised Standard Version
So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
THE MESSAGE
Edom continues in revolt against Judah right up to the present. Even little Libnah revolted at that time.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Edom revolted against Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

Contextual Overview

16 In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab as king of Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah 17 at the age of thirty-two, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. 18 His wife was Ahab's daughter, and like the family of Ahab he followed the evil ways of the kings of Israel. He sinned against the Lord , 19 but the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, because he had promised his servant David that his descendants would always continue to rule. 20 During Jehoram's reign Edom revolted against Judah and became an independent kingdom. 21 So Jehoram set out with all his chariots to Zair, where the Edomite army surrounded them. During the night he and his chariot commanders managed to break out and escape, and his soldiers scattered to their homes. 22 Edom has been independent of Judah ever since. During this same period the city of Libnah also revolted. 23 Everything else that Jehoram did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah. 24 Jehoram died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Yet: "And so fulfilled. Genesis 27:40." 2 Kings 8:20

Libnah: 2 Kings 19:8, Joshua 21:13, 2 Chronicles 21:10

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:29 - Libnah Joshua 15:42 - Libnah 2 Kings 1:1 - after the Isaiah 37:8 - Libnah

Cross-References

Genesis 8:8
Meanwhile, Noah sent out a dove to see if the water had gone down,
Genesis 8:9
but since the water still covered all the land, the dove did not find a place to light. It flew back to the boat, and Noah reached out and took it in.
Genesis 8:11
It returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the water had gone down.
Genesis 8:12
Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove once more; this time it did not come back.
Genesis 8:16
"Go out of the boat with your wife, your sons, and their wives.
Genesis 8:17
Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth."
Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar to the Lord ; he took one of each kind of ritually clean animal and bird, and burned them whole as a sacrifice on the altar.
Genesis 45:6
This is only the second year of famine in the land; there will be five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor reaping.
Exodus 34:21
"You have six days in which to do your work, but do not work on the seventh day, not even during plowing time or harvest.
Jeremiah 5:24
You never thought to honor me, even though I send the autumn rains and the spring rains and give you the harvest season each year.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day,.... Joram not pursuing the enemy, and taking the advantage of the victory, but returning to his own land, the reason of which follows:

then Libnah revolted at the same time; a considerable city in his own kingdom, a Levitical one; this revolt was occasioned, perhaps, by his idolatrous practices, and which he compelled his subjects to; of this city, see Joshua 10:29.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Libnah revolted - Libnah being toward the southwest of Palestine Joshua 15:42, its revolt cannot well have had any direct connection with that of Edom. It had been the capital of a small Canaanite state under a separate king before its conquest by Joshua Joshua 10:30; Joshua 12:15, and may perhaps always have retained a considerable Canaanite population. Or its loss may have been connected with the attacks made by the Philistines on Jehoram’s territories 2 Chronicles 21:16-17.


 
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