In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
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2 Kings 8:20 in context
2 Kings 8:17–23
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He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
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However, the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.
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In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
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Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him with the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
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So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
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The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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