20 ¶ In those days Edom [a]rebelled from under the hand of Judah, and made a King over themselves.

21 Therefore Joram went to Zair, and all his chariots with him, and he arose by night, and smote the Edomites which were about him, with the captains of the chariots, and the people fled into their tents.

22 So Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah unto this day: then [b]Libnah rebelled at that same time.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:20 Which had been subject from David’s time, until this time of Jehoram.
  2. 2 Kings 8:22 This was a city in Judah given to the Levites, Josh. 21:13, and after turned from King Jehoram, because of his idolatry.

20 In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.(A) 21 So Jehoram[a] went to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night; his army, however, fled back home. 22 To this day Edom has been in rebellion(B) against Judah. Libnah(C) revolted at the same time.

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  1. 2 Kings 8:21 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram; also in verses 23 and 24