2 Kings 8:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 3:27 : 27 Then he took his oldest son, who would have been king after him, offering him as a burned offering on the wall. So there was great wrath against Israel; and they went away from him, back to their country.
  • 2 Kgs 8:22 : 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 21:8-9 : 8 In his time Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves. 9 Then 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. 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.
  • 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.
  • 2 Sam 8:14 : 14 And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 21:8-10
    3 verses
    96%

    8In his time Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 8:21-22
    2 verses
    83%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 22:47
    76%

    47At that time there was no king in Edom;

  • 2 Chr 28:17
    74%

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

  • Num 20:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.

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

  • 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.

  • Ezek 25:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    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;

    13The Lord has said, My hand will be stretched out against Edom, cutting off from it man and beast: and I will make it waste, from Teman even as far as Dedan they will be put to the sword.

  • 2 Kgs 8:19
    71%

    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.

  • Num 20:18
    71%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:19
    71%

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

  • 2 Chr 10:19
    70%

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

  • Num 24:18
    70%

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

  • 2 Chr 25:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    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?

    20But Amaziah gave no attention; and this was the purpose of God, so that he might give them up into the hands of Joash, because they had gone after the gods of Edom.

  • Obad 1:8
    70%

    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?

  • 1 Kgs 11:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    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;

  • Jer 25:21
    69%

    21Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon,

  • 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.

  • Mal 1:4
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 18:13
    69%

    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 3:26
    69%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
    68%

    8And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.

  • 2 Kgs 24:20
    68%

    20And because of the wrath of the Lord, this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them all away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.

  • 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.

  • Obad 1:1
    68%

    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.

  • Gen 36:8
    68%

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

  • 2 Kgs 14:10
    68%

    10It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

  • 2 Kgs 14:7
    68%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 8:14
    68%

    14And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.