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1 Kings 22:47

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There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.

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1 Kings 22:47 in other translations

And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

1 Kings 22:47 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 22:47 in context

  1. 45Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he fought, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
  2. 46The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
  3. 47There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.
  4. 48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go; for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
  5. 49Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat would not.