2 Chronicles 21:8

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During Jehoram’s reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.

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  • Gen 27:40 : 40 You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck.”
  • 1 Kgs 22:47 : 47 There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled.
  • 2 Kgs 3:9 : 9 So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom set out together. They wandered around on the road for seven days and finally ran out of water for the men and animals they had with them.
  • 2 Kgs 8:20-22 : 20 During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king. 21 Joram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. The Israelite army retreated to their homeland. 22 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled.
  • 2 Chr 20:22-23 : 22 When they began to shout and praise, the LORD suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. 23 The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir and annihilated them. When they had finished off the men of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another.
  • 2 Chr 21:10 : 10 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah’s control because Jehoram rejected the LORD God of his ancestors.

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  • 2 Kgs 8:19-22
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    19But the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty.

    20During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.

    21Joram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. The Israelite army retreated to their homeland.

    22So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled.

  • 2 Chr 21:9-10
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    9Jehoram crossed over with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers.

    10So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah’s control because Jehoram rejected the LORD God of his ancestors.

  • 1 Kgs 22:47
    76%

    47There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled.

  • Gen 36:31
    72%

    31These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:

  • 2 Chr 28:17
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    17The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives.

  • 1 Kgs 11:14-15
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    14The LORD brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

    15During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

  • Ezek 25:12
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    12A Prophecy Against Edom“This is what the Sovereign LORD says:‘Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable by taking vengeance on them.

  • Num 20:21
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    21So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.

  • Jer 25:21
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    21all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon;

  • 1 Kgs 12:19
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    19So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.

  • 2 Chr 10:19
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    19So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.

  • 2 Kgs 24:1
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    1During Jehoiakim’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him.

  • 2 Chr 25:19
    68%

    19You defeated Edom and it has gone to your head. Gloat over your success, but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”

  • 2 Kgs 8:16
    68%

    16Jehoram’s Reign over Judah In the fifth year of the reign of Israel’s King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king over Judah.

  • Num 24:18
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    18Edom will be a possession, Seir, his enemies, will also be a possession; but Israel will act valiantly.

  • 1 Chr 1:43-44
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    43Kings of Edom These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:Bela son of Beor; the name of his city was Dinhabah.

    44When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah, succeeded him.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
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    26When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed.

  • Obad 1:8
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    8At that time,” the LORD says,“I will destroy the wise sages of Edom, the advisers from Esau’s mountain!

  • 2 Chr 21:7
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    7But the LORD was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty because of the promise he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty.

  • 1 Chr 18:13
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    13He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The LORD protected David wherever he campaigned.

  • 2 Kgs 14:22
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    22Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.

  • Obad 1:1
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    1¶ God’s Judgment on Edom The vision that Obadiah saw. The Sovereign LORD says this concerning Edom: Edom’s Approaching Destruction We have heard a report from the LORD. An envoy was sent among the nations, saying,“Arise! Let us make war against Edom!”

  • 2 Chr 22:1
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    1Ahaziah’s Reign The residents of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 21:5
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    5Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

  • Num 20:18
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    18But Edom said to him,“You will not pass through me, or I will come out against you with the sword.”

  • Mal 1:4
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    4Edom says,“Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places.” So the LORD of Heaven’s Armies responds,“They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as the land of evil, the people with whom the LORD is permanently displeased.

  • 2 Kgs 14:7
    67%

    7He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.

  • Gen 36:8
    67%

    8So Esau(also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir.