2 Kings 8:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ In his days Edom revolted against the rule of Judah and set up a king of their own.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ In his days, Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up a king over themselves.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

Common English Bible

²⁰ During Jehoram’s rule Edom rebelled against Judah’s power and appointed their own king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ In his days, Idumea drew apart, so as not to be under Judah, and they appointed a king for themselves.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ In his days Edom revolted, from being under Juda, and made themselves a king.

2 Kings 8:20 Cross References

Genesis 27:40

By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother, but when you break loose, you shall break his yoke from your neck.”

2 Samuel 8:14

He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

1 Kings 22:47

There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

1 Kings 22:48

Jehoshaphat made ships of the Tarshish type to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

2 Kings 14:7

He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm; he called it Jokthe-el, which is its name to this day.

2 Kings 3:26

When the king of Moab saw that the battle was going against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through opposite the king of Edom, but they could not.

2 Kings 3:27

Then he took his firstborn son who was to succeed him and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And great wrath came upon Israel, so they withdrew from him and returned to their own land.

2 Kings 3:9

So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and when they had made a roundabout march of seven days, there was no water for the army or for the animals that were with them.

2 Kings 8:22

So Edom has been in revolt against the rule of Judah to this day. Libnah also revolted at the same time.