20In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.


In Context

17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

18 He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord .

19 Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

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

21 So Jehoram 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 against Judah. Libnah revolted at the same time.

2nd Kings 8:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:20In his days Edom revolted, from being under Juda, and made themselves a king.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.