1 Kings 22:47 “And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.”

1 Kings 22:47

And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

World English Bible

There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.

American Standard Version

And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

Geneva Bible 1599

There was then no King in Edom: the deputie was King.

Darby Translation

And there was no king in Edom: a deputy reigned.

Young's Literal Translation

and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king.

Bible in Basic English

At that time there was no king in Edom;

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Cross references

“no king”

2 Samuel 8:14 2 Kings 3:9 2 Kings 8:20 Genesis 27:40 Genesis 25:23 Genesis 36:31–43

2 Samuel 8:14 · BSB

He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

2 Kings 3:9 · BSB

So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.

2 Kings 8:20 · BSB

In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

Genesis 27:40 · BSB

You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

Genesis 25:23 · BSB

and He declared to her: “Two nations 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.”

Genesis 36:31–43 · BSB

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

46He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.

48Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

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