2 Kings 8:20

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 3:27 : 27 So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice on the wall. There was an outburst of divine anger against Israel, so they broke off the attack and returned to their homeland.
  • 2 Kgs 8:22 : 22 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled.
  • 2 Chr 21:8-9 : 8 During Jehoram’s reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king. 9 Jehoram 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. 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.
  • 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.”
  • 2 Sam 8:14 : 14 He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The LORD protected David wherever he campaigned.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 21:8-10
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    8During Jehoram’s reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 8:21-22
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 22:47
    76%

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

  • 2 Chr 28:17
    74%

    17The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives.

  • Num 20:20-21
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    72%

    20But he said,“You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force.

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

  • Gen 36:31
    72%

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

  • Ezek 25:12-13
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    72%

    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.

    13So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her, and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die by the sword.

  • 2 Kgs 8:19
    71%

    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.

  • Num 20:18
    71%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:19
    71%

    19So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.

  • 2 Chr 10:19
    70%

    19So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.

  • Num 24:18
    70%

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

  • 2 Chr 25:19-20
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    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?”

    20But Amaziah did not heed the warning, for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom.

  • Obad 1:8
    70%

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

  • 1 Kgs 11:14-15
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    70%

    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.

  • Jer 25:21
    69%

    21all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon;

  • 2 Kgs 24:1
    69%

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

  • Mal 1:4
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 18:13
    69%

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

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    69%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
    68%

    8He then asked,“Which invasion route are we going to take?” Jehoram answered,“By the road through the wilderness of Edom.”

  • 2 Kgs 24:20
    68%

    20What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the LORD’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

  • 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.

  • Obad 1:1
    68%

    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!”

  • Gen 36:8
    68%

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

  • 2 Kgs 14:10
    68%

    10You thoroughly 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 14:7
    68%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 8:14
    68%

    14He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The LORD protected David wherever he campaigned.