2 Kings 8:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

Cross References

Genesis 27:40

By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.

2 Samuel 8:14

And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

1 Kings 22:47

At that time there was no king in Edom;

1 Kings 22:48

And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber.

2 Kings 14:7

He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.

2 Kings 3:26

And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred men armed with swords, with the idea of forcing a way through to the king of Aram, but they were not able to do so.

2 Kings 3:27

Then he took his oldest son, who would have been king after him, offering him as a burned offering on the wall. So there was great wrath against Israel; and they went away from him, back to their country.

2 Kings 3:9

So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.

2 Kings 8:22

So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.