40 By your sword you shall live,
And (A)you shall serve your brother;
And (B)it shall come to pass, when you become restless,
That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”

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40 You will live by the sword
    and you will serve(A) your brother.(B)
But when you grow restless,
    you will throw his yoke
    from off your neck.(C)

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20 In his days (A)Edom revolted against Judah’s authority, (B)and made a king over themselves. 21 So [a]Joram went to Zair, and all his chariots with him. Then he rose by night and attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; and the troops fled to their tents. 22 Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah’s authority to this day. (C)And Libnah revolted at that time.

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  1. 2 Kings 8:21 Jehoram, v. 16

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

23 And the Lord said to her:

(A)“Two nations are in your womb,
Two peoples shall be separated from your body;
One people shall be stronger than (B)the other,
(C)And the older shall serve the younger.”

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23 The Lord said to her,

“Two nations(A) are in your womb,
    and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
    and the older will serve the younger.(B)

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10 Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah’s authority to this day. At that time Libnah revolted against his rule, because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.

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10 To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah.

Libnah(A) revolted at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the Lord, the God of his ancestors.

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14 He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and (A)all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

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14 He put garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites(A) became subject to David.(B) The Lord gave David victory(C) wherever he went.(D)

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(A)Moab is My washpot;
(B)Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
(C)Philistia, shout in triumph because of Me.”

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Moab is my washbasin,
    on Edom I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia I shout in triumph.(A)

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11 Then Amaziah strengthened himself, and leading his people, he went to (A)the Valley of Salt and killed ten thousand of the people of Seir. 12 Also the children of Judah took captive ten thousand alive, brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were dashed in pieces.

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11 Amaziah then marshaled his strength and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he killed ten thousand men of Seir. 12 The army of Judah also captured ten thousand men alive, took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.(A)

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(A)In his days Edom revolted against Judah’s authority, and made a king over themselves.

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In the time of Jehoram, Edom(A) rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.

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17 For again the (A)Edomites had come, attacked Judah, and carried away captives.

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17 The Edomites(A) had again come and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners,(B)

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11 King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold that he had brought from all these nations—from Edom, from Moab, from the (A)people of Ammon, from the (B)Philistines, and from (C)Amalek.

12 Moreover (D)Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed (E)eighteen thousand [a]Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 13 (F)He also put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 18:12 Syrians, 2 Sam. 8:13

11 King David dedicated these articles to the Lord, as he had done with the silver and gold he had taken from all these nations: Edom(A) and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek.(B)

12 Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites(C) in the Valley of Salt. 13 He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.

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10 You have indeed defeated Edom, and (A)your heart has [a]lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

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  1. 2 Kings 14:10 Made you proud

10 You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant.(A) Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”

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(A)He killed ten thousand Edomites in (B)the Valley of Salt, and took [a]Sela by war, (C)and called its name Joktheel to this day.

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  1. 2 Kings 14:7 Lit. The Rock; the city of Petra

He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt(A) and captured Sela(B) in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.

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15 (A)For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, (B)after he had killed every male in Edom 16 (because for six months Joab remained there with all Israel, until he had cut down every male in Edom), 17 that Hadad fled to go to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him. Hadad was still a little child.

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15 Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.(A) 16 Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom. 17 But Hadad, still only a boy, fled to Egypt with some Edomite officials who had served his father.

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