1st Kings Chapter 22 verse 47 Holy Bible
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
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At that time there was no king in Edom;
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And there was no king in Edom: a deputy reigned.
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There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
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And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he removed from the land.
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There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
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and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 47. - There was then no king in Edom: a deputy [נִצָב, same word as in 1 Kings 4:7. It is implied that this officer was appointed by the king of Judah (Wordsworth)] was king. [This fact is mentioned to show how it was that Jehoshaphat was able to build a fleet at Ezion-Geber, in the territory of Edom (1 Kings 9:26). That country would seem to have regained its independence very soon after Solomon's death (1 Kings 11:14), but would also appear from the text, and from 2 Kings 8:20, 22, to have been again made subject to Judah, probably by Jehoshaphat himself; see 2 Chronicles 17:10, 11.]
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(47) There was then no king in Edom.--This notice is apparently connected with the following verses; for Ezion-geber is a seaport of the Edomite territory. Whatever may have been the influence of Hadad in the last days of Solomon (1Kings 11:14), Edom does not seem to have regained independence till the time of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat (2Chronicles 21:8-10); although in the confederacy against Jehoshaphat, those "of Mount Seir" are included with the Moabites and Ammonites (2Chronicles 20:10; 2Chronicles 20:22). The "king of Edom," of 2 Kings 3, who is evidently a subject ally, not regarded in consultation (see 1Kings 22:6-9), must be "the deputy" of this passage.
