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1 Kings 22:47

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Deputy;   Edomites;   Regency;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Edomites, the;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Idumea;   Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Deputy;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehoram;   Jehoshaphat;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deputy;   Edom;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Mediterranean Sea, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ben-Hadad;   Deputy;   Edom, Edomites;   Jehoshaphat;   Lie, Lying;   Micah, Micaiah;   Ramoth-Gilead, Ramoth in Gilead;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Deputy;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ramothgilead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahaziah;   Judah the kingdom of;   Obsolete or obscure words in the english av bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amaziah;   Deputy;   Edom;   Jehoshaphat (2);   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bastard;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - High Place;  

Contextual Overview

41Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Israel’s King Ahab. 41 Yehoshafat the son of Asa began to reign over Yehudah in the fourth year of Ach'av king of Yisra'el. 41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 41 Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 41 Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah during Ahab's fourth year as king of Israel. 41 In the fourth year of King Ahab's reign over Israel, Asa's son Jehoshaphat became king over Judah. 41Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 41 Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 41 And Iehoshaphat the sonne of Asa began to reigne vpon Iudah in the fourth yeere of Ahab King of Israel. 41Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

no king: Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 36:31-43, 2 Samuel 8:14, 2 Kings 3:9, 2 Kings 8:20, Psalms 108:9, Psalms 108:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:29 - be lord 2 Chronicles 21:8 - and made Romans 9:12 - The elder

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There was then no king in Edom, a deputy was king. Which had been the case from the times of David, who subdued Edom, and placed garrisons in it, and governors over it, 2 Samuel 8:14 and continued through the reign of Jehoshaphat, unto the times of his son, under whom the Edomites revolted, and set up a king of their own, 2 Kings 8:20, with a view to which this is observed, as also to account for it how Jehoshaphat could build ships in Eziongeber, which was in the land of Edom, of which in the next verse, because the whole country was governed by a viceroy, or deputy, under him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the time of Solomon, Hadad 1 Kings 11:14, according to the Septuagint, “reigned over Edom.” It appears by the present passage that the country had been again reduced either by Jehoshaphat, or by an earlier king, and was dependent on the kingdom of Judah, being governed by a “deputy” or viceroy, who, however, was allowed the royal title (compare 2 Kings 3:9, 2 Kings 3:12, 2 Kings 3:26). This government of dependencies by means of subject-kings was the all but universal practice in the East down to the time of Cyrus (the 1 Kings 4:21 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 47. There was no king in Edom — It is plain that the compiler of this book lived after the days of Jehoshaphat, in whose time the Edomites revolted; see 2 Kings 8:22. David had conquered the Edomites, and they continued to be governed by deputies, appointed by the kings of Judah, till they recovered their liberty, as above. This note is introduced by the writer to account for Jehoshaphat's building ships at Ezion-geber, which was in the territory of the Edomites, and which showed them to be at that time under the Jewish yoke.


 
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