2 Kings 8:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 21:13 : 13 And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;
  • 2 Kgs 19:8 : 8 So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah, for it had come to his ears that he had gone away from Lachish.
  • 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 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.

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  • 2 Chr 21:8-10
    3 verses
    90%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 8:20-21
    2 verses
    83%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 28:17
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 10:19
    72%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:19
    72%

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

  • 2 Kgs 8:23
    70%

    23 Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

  • Ezek 25:12
    70%

    12 This 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;

  • 1 Kgs 22:47
    69%

    47 At that time there was no king in Edom;

  • Num 20:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

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

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

  • 2 Kgs 24:1
    69%

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

  • 2 Kgs 24:20
    68%

    20 And 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 16:6
    68%

    6 At that time the king of Edom got Elath back for Edom, and sent the Jews out of Elath; and the Edomites came back to Elath where they are living to this day.

  • Jer 25:21
    68%

    21 Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon,

  • Jer 52:3
    67%

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

  • Mal 1:4
    67%

    4 Though 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 Chr 25:19
    67%

    19 You 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?

  • Judg 1:8
    67%

    8 Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    66%

    8 And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

  • 2 Chr 13:18
    66%

    18 So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

  • Josh 10:29
    66%

    29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Makkedah and came to Libnah, and made an attack on it;

  • Jer 34:8
    66%

    8 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem, to give news in public that servants were to be made free;

  • 2 Chr 25:22
    66%

    22 And Judah was overcome before Israel, and they went in flight, every man to his tent.

  • Num 20:18
    66%

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

  • 2 Kgs 19:8
    66%

    8 So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah, for it had come to his ears that he had gone away from Lachish.

  • 2 Chr 13:16
    66%

    16 And the children of Israel went in flight before Judah, and God gave them up into their hands.

  • Judg 11:17
    66%

    17 Then Israel sent men to the king of Edom saying, Let me now go through your land; but the king of Edom did not give ear to them. And in the same way he sent to the king of Moab, but he would not; so Israel went on living in Kadesh.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
    66%

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

  • 1 Kgs 14:22
    66%

    22 And Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and made him more angry than their fathers had done by their sins.

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
    66%

    19 (But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.

  • Amos 1:11
    66%

    11 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because his sword was turned against his brother, without pity, and his wrath was burning at all times, and he was angry for ever.

  • Ezek 25:8
    66%

    8 This is what the Lord has said: Because Moab and Seir are saying, See, the people of Judah are like all the nations;

  • Num 24:18
    65%

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

  • 2 Kgs 14:12
    65%

    12 And Judah was overcome before Israel, so that they went in flight, every man to his tent.

  • 2 Kgs 1:1
    65%

    1 After the death of Ahab, Moab made itself free from the authority of Israel.

  • Isa 22:8
    65%

    8 He took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in the house of the woods.

  • Obad 1:1
    65%

    1 The 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.

  • Jer 27:3
    65%

    3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by their servants who come to Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, king of Judah;

  • Obad 1:8
    65%

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