2 Chronicles 21:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In his time Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:40 : 40 By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.
  • 1 Kgs 22:47 : 47 At that time there was no king in Edom;
  • 2 Kgs 3:9 : 9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.
  • 2 Kgs 8:20-22 : 20 In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves. 21 Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages; ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him, ... the captains of the war-carriages; and the people went in flight to their tents. 22 So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.
  • 2 Chr 20:22-23 : 22 And at the first notes of song and praise the Lord sent a surprise attack against the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were overcome. 23 And the children of Ammon and Moab made an attack on the people of Mount Seir with a view to their complete destruction; and when they had put an end to the people of Seir, everyman's hand was turned against his neighbour for his destruction.
  • 2 Chr 21:10 : 10 So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, to this day: and at the same time Libnah made itself free from his rule; because he was turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Kgs 8:19-22
    4 verses
    96%

    19But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.

    20In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

    21Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages; ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him, ... the captains of the war-carriages; and the people went in flight to their tents.

    22So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.

  • 2 Chr 21:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9Then Jehoram went over with his captains and all his war-carriages ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him ... on the captains of the war-carriages.

    10So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, to this day: and at the same time Libnah made itself free from his rule; because he was turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 22:47
    76%

    47At that time there was no king in Edom;

  • Gen 36:31
    72%

    31And these are the kings who were ruling in the land of Edom before there was any king over the children of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 28:17
    72%

    17For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.

  • 1 Kgs 11:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

    15And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;

  • Ezek 25:12
    69%

    12This is what the Lord has said: Because Edom has taken his payment from the people of Judah, and has done great wrong in taking payment from them;

  • Num 20:21
    69%

    21So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.

  • Jer 25:21
    69%

    21Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon,

  • 1 Kgs 12:19
    69%

    19So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

  • 2 Chr 10:19
    69%

    19So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

  • 2 Kgs 24:1
    69%

    1In his days, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up and Jehoiakim was his servant for three years; then he took up arms against him.

  • 2 Chr 25:19
    68%

    19You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

  • 2 Kgs 8:16
    68%

    16In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.

  • Num 24:18
    68%

    18Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir.

  • 1 Chr 1:43-44
    2 verses
    68%

    43Now these are the kings who were ruling in the land of Edom, before there was any king over Israel: Bela, the son of Beor; his town was named Dinhabah.

    44At his death, Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    68%

    26And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred men armed with swords, with the idea of forcing a way through to the king of Aram, but they were not able to do so.

  • Obad 1:8
    68%

    8Will I not, in that day, says the Lord, take away the wise men out of Edom, and wisdom out of the mountain of Esau?

  • 2 Chr 21:7
    67%

    7But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.

  • 1 Chr 18:13
    67%

    13David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

  • 2 Kgs 14:22
    67%

    22He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

  • Obad 1:1
    67%

    1The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord has said about Edom: We have had word from the Lord, and a representative has been sent among the nations, saying, Up! and let us make war against her.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    67%

    1And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.

  • 2 Chr 21:5
    67%

    5Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

  • Num 20:18
    67%

    18And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.

  • Mal 1:4
    67%

    4Though Edom says, We are crushed down but we will come back, building up the waste places; this is what the Lord of armies has said: They may put up buildings, but I will have them pulled down; and they will be named The land of evil-doing, and The people against whom the Lord keeps his wrath for ever.

  • 2 Kgs 14:7
    67%

    7He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.

  • Gen 36:8
    67%

    8So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).