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Literal Standard Version

2 Kings 8:20

In his days Edom has revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Elath;   Joram or Jehoram;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Amaziah;   Edom;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoram;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Elath;   Jehoram;   Uzziah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Ezion-Geber;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Zair;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Edom, Edomites;   Jehoram;   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;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Amaziah;   Elath;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
During Jehoram’s reign, Edom rebelled against Judah’s control and appointed their own king.
Hebrew Names Version
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Yehudah, and made a king over themselves.
King James Version
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
English Standard Version
In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up a king of their own.
New Century Version
In Jehoram's time Edom broke away from Judah's rule and chose their own king.
New English Translation
During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah's control and set up their own king.
Amplified Bible
In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah, and set up a king over themselves.
New American Standard Bible
In his days Edom broke away from the rule of Judah, and appointed a king over themselves.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In those dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer themselues.
Legacy Standard Bible
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah and made a king over themselves.
Contemporary English Version
While Jehoram was king, the people of Edom rebelled and chose their own king.
Complete Jewish Bible
During his time Edom revolted against Y'hudah and set up its own king.
Darby Translation
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.
Easy-to-Read Version
In Jehoram's time Edom broke away from Judah's rule. The people of Edom chose a king for themselves.
George Lamsa Translation
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah and set up a king over themselves.
Good News Translation
During Jehoram's reign Edom revolted against Judah and became an independent kingdom.
Lexham English Bible
In his days, Edom rebelled against the rule of Judah, and they set up a king over them.
Literal Translation
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they caused a king to reign over them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
At ye same tyme fell ye Edomites awaye from Iuda, & made a kynge ouer them selues:
American Standard Version
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
Bible in Basic English
In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In those dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iuda: for they made them a king of their owne.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
King James Version (1611)
In his dayes Edom reuolted from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a king ouer themselues.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda, and they made a king over themselves.
English Revised Version
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
Berean Standard Bible
In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In tho daies Edom, `that is, Ydumee, yede awei, that it schulde not be vndur Juda; and made a kyng to it silf.
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,
Update Bible 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.
New King James Version
In his days Edom revolted against Judah's authority, and made a king over themselves.
New Living Translation
During Jehoram's reign, the Edomites revolted against Judah and crowned their own king.
New Life Bible
In his days Edom turned against the rule of Judah and chose a king of their own.
New Revised Standard
In his days Edom revolted against the rule of Judah, and set up a king of their own.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In his days, did Edom revolt from under the hand of Judah, - and they set over them a king.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In his days Edom revolted from being under Juda, and made themselves a king.
Revised Standard Version
In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah, and set up a king of their own.
THE MESSAGE
During Jehoram's reign, Edom revolted against Judah's rule and set up their own king. Jehoram responded by taking his army of chariots to Zair. Edom surrounded him, but in the middle of the night he and his charioteers broke through the lines and hit Edom hard. But his infantry deserted him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

Contextual Overview

16And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel—and Jehoshaphat [is] king of Judah—Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, has reigned; 17he was a son of thirty-two years in his reigning, and he has reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18And he walks in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab did, for a daughter of Ahab was to him for a wife, and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, 19and YHWH was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He said to him, to give a lamp to him—to his sons [for] all the days. 20In his days Edom has revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them,21and Joram passes over to Zair, and all the chariots with him, and he himself has risen by night, and strikes Edom that is coming around to him, and the heads of the chariots, and the people flee to their tents; 22and Edom revolts from under the hand of Judah until this day; then Libnah revolts at that time. 23And the rest of the matters of Joram and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 24And Joram lies with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Ahaziah reigns in his stead.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Edom: 2 Kings 8:22, 2 Kings 3:9, 2 Kings 3:27, Genesis 27:40, 2 Chronicles 21:8-10

made a king: 2 Samuel 8:14, 1 Kings 22:47

Reciprocal: Genesis 25:30 - Edom 2 Kings 1:1 - after the 2 Kings 3:5 - General 2 Kings 14:7 - slew

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
and Abel, he has brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, and from their fat ones; and YHWH looks to Abel and to his present,
Genesis 7:2
you take seven pairs from all the clean beasts to yourself, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean—two, a male and its female;
Genesis 8:1
And God remembers Noah, and every living thing, and all the livestock which [are] with him in the ark, and God causes a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,
Genesis 8:4
And the ark rests, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;
Genesis 8:7
and he sends forth the raven, and it goes out, going out and turning back until the drying of the waters from off the earth.
Genesis 8:8
And he sends forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,
Genesis 8:15
And God speaks to Noah, saying, "Go out from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you;
Genesis 8:16
every living thing that [is] with you, of all flesh, among bird, and among livestock, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with you;
Genesis 8:17
and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth."
Genesis 13:4
to the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there Abram preaches in the Name of YHWH.

Gill's Notes on the 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Edom, which had been reduced by David 2Sa 8:14; 1 Kings 11:15-16, but had apparently revolted from Solomon 1 Kings 11:14, was again subjected to Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat 2 Kings 3:8-26. The Edomites had, however, retained their native kings, and with them the spirit of independence. They now rose in revolt, and fulfilled the prophecy Genesis 27:40, remaining from henceforth a separate and independent people (Jeremiah 25:21; Jeremiah 27:3; Amos 1:11, etc.). Kings of Edom, who seem to be independent monarchs, are often mentioned in the Assyrian inscriptions.


 
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