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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXXἘν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἀπέστη Ἐδὼμ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν ἐφʼ ἑαυτοὺς βασιλέα. (En tais haʸmerais ekeinais apestaʸ Edōm apo tou Youda, kai ebasileusan efʼ heautous basilea. )
BrTrIn those days Edom revolted from Juda, and they made a king over themselves.
ULTIn his days, Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah, and they caused to reign over themselves a king.
USTWhile Jehoram was ruling, the people in the region of Edom rebelled against the king of Judah and appointed their own king.
BSB § In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
JPSIn his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
ASVIn his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
DRAIn those days Edom revolted, from being subject to Juda, and made themselves a king.
YLTIn his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and cause a king to reign over them;
DrbyIn his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.
RVIn his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
WbstrIn his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.
KJB-1769¶ In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.[fn] (¶ In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Yudah, and made themselves a king. )
KJB-1611¶ [fn]In his dayes the Edomites reuolted from vnder the dominion of Iudah, and made themselues a king. (¶ In his days the Edomites reuolted from under the dominion of Yudah, and made themselves a king.)
BshpsIn his dayes the Edomites rebelled when they were vnder the dominion of Iuda, and made them selues a king. (In his days the Edomites rebelled when they were under the dominion of Yudah, and made themselves a king.)
GnvaIn his dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer them. (In his days Edom rebelled from under the hand of Yudah, and made a King over them. )
CvdlAt ye same tyme fell ye Edomites awaye from Iuda, and made a kynge ouer them selues: (At ye/you_all same time fell ye/you_all Edomites away from Yudah, and made a king over themselves:)
WyclIn tho daies Edom rebellide, that it was not suget to Juda, and it ordeynede a kyng to it silf. (In those days Edom rebellide, that it was not subject to Yudah, and it ordained a king to itself.)
LuthZu seiner Zeit fielen die Edomiter ab von Juda und machten über sich einen König. (Zu his time fell the Edomiter ab from Yuda and make above itself/yourself/themselves a king.)
ClVgIn diebus illis rebellavit Edom, ne esset subditus Judæ, et constituit sibi regem. (In days illis rebellavit Edom, not was subditus Yudæ, and constituit sibi regem. )
21:8-11Jehoram’s disobedience caused him to lose the gains that Asa and Jehoshaphat had won. • the Edomites revolted: During Solomon’s reign, control of the territory of Edom gave Israel access to the rich trade from Arabia. The Edomites had also rebelled before Solomon’s death (1 Kgs 11:14-22), and were probably not under Rehoboam’s control. They apparently came under Judah’s control again following their defeat by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr 20:1-30; cp. 1 Kgs 22:47). • The town of Libnah was at the western end of the valley of Elah, on the border of the territory of the Philistines.
(Some words not found in UHB: in/on/at/with,days,his revolted ʼEdōm from=under control Yehuda and,they_set_king of,their_own king )
The word “set” is a metonym for choosing, and the words “over themselves” is a metonym for “to rule them.” Alternate translation: “chose a king to rule over them”
Throughout history–from ancient times to modern–the death of a powerful leader has often initiated a cascade of political changes within the leader’s former sphere of influence, and the death of King Jehoshaphat of Judah was no different. The nation of Edom had been subjugated by King David of Israel (2 Samuel 8:13-14), and after the northern tribes of Israel broke away from the rule of David’s descendants in 930 B.C., Edom remained under the rule of Judah. By the end of the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, however, the political landscape had changed significantly. Edom’s neighbor Moab had already declared independence from Israel after the death of King Ahab just a few years earlier in 853 B.C. (2 Kings 1:1; 3:5), and they had even survived an attempt by King Jehoram of Israel to bring them back under his rule (2 Kings 3; see map). Their success may have emboldened Edom to seize upon a new window of opportunity to reestablish their own sovereignty when King Jehoshaphat died in 848 B.C. Edom, too, would survive an attempt by another King Jehoram–King Jehoram (or sometimes Joram) of Judah–to bring them back under his rule, and this apparently led the Levitical city of Libnah to revolt from Judah as well. After Edom declared their independence, Jehoram set out with his chariots and his army to attack Edom at Zair (probably the same as Zoar), but the Edomites and their chariot commanders surrounded his forces, and Jehoram’s army fled home.
