1 Kings 22:47
New International Version
There was then no king in Edom; a provincial governor ruled.

New Living Translation
(There was no king in Edom at that time, only a deputy.)

English Standard Version
There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

Berean Standard Bible
And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.

King James Bible
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

New King James Version
There was then no king in Edom, only a deputy of the king.

New American Standard Bible
Now there was no king in Edom; a governor served as king.

NASB 1995
Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

NASB 1977
Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

Amplified Bible
Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy (governor) was [serving as] king.

Christian Standard Bible
There was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.

American Standard Version
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And there was no King remaining in Edom.

Contemporary English Version
The country of Edom had no king at the time, so a lower official ruled the land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there was then no king appointed in Edom.

English Revised Version
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There was no king in Edom; instead, a deputy ruled.

Good News Translation
The land of Edom had no king; it was ruled by a deputy appointed by the king of Judah.

International Standard Version
There was no king reigning in Edom; there was only a stand-in king.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

Literal Standard Version
and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king.

Majority Standard Bible
And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.

New American Bible
There was no king in Edom, but an appointed regent.

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

New Revised Standard Version
There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

New Heart English Bible
There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

Webster's Bible Translation
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

World English Bible
There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.

Young's Literal Translation
and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king.

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Context
Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah
46He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa. 47And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king. 48Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 8:14
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.

2 Kings 8:20
In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.


Treasury of Scripture

There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

no king

Genesis 25:23
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Genesis 27:40
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

Genesis 36:31
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

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(47) There was then no king in Edom.--This notice is apparently connected with the following verses; for Ezion-geber is a seaport of the Edomite territory. Whatever may have been the influence of Hadad in the last days of Solomon (1Kings 11:14), Edom does not seem to have regained independence till the time of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat (2Chronicles 21:8-10); although in the confederacy against Jehoshaphat, those "of Mount Seir" are included with the Moabites and Ammonites (2Chronicles 20:10; 2Chronicles 20:22). The "king of Edom," of 2 Kings 3, who is evidently a subject ally, not regarded in consultation (see 1Kings 22:6-9), must be "the deputy" of this passage.

Verse 47. - There was then no king in Edom: a deputy [נִצָב, same word as in 1 Kings 4:7. It is implied that this officer was appointed by the king of Judah (Wordsworth)] was king. [This fact is mentioned to show how it was that Jehoshaphat was able to build a fleet at Ezion-Geber, in the territory of Edom (1 Kings 9:26). That country would seem to have regained its independence very soon after Solomon's death (1 Kings 11:14), but would also appear from the text, and from 2 Kings 8:20, 22, to have been again made subject to Judah, probably by Jehoshaphat himself; see 2 Chronicles 17:10, 11.]

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And there was no
אֵ֛ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

king
וּמֶ֥לֶךְ (ū·me·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

in Edom;
בֶּאֱד֖וֹם (be·’ĕ·ḏō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 123: The name of a condiment

a deputy
נִצָּ֥ב (niṣ·ṣāḇ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5324: To take one's stand, stand

served as king.
מֶֽלֶךְ׃ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king


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