God’s Word Translation
2 Kings 8:22
22So Edom rebelled against Judah’s rule and is still independent today. At that time Libnah also rebelled.
2 Kings 8:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
- New International Version (NIV)To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah. Libnah revolted at the same time.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah’s authority to this day. And Libnah revolted at that time.
Context of 2 Kings 8:22
20During Jehoram’s time Edom rebelled against Judah and chose its own king. 21Jehoram took all his chariots to attack Zair. The Edomites and their chariot commanders surrounded him, but he got up at night, broke through their lines, and his troops fled home. So Edom rebelled against Judah’s rule and is still independent today. At that time Libnah also rebelled. 23Isn’t everything else about Jehoram—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah? 24Jehoram lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.
Read all of 2 Kings 82 Kings 8:22 word by word
וַיִּפְשַׁ֣ע אֱד֗וֹם מִתַּ֙חַת֙ יַד־יְהוּדָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה אָ֛ז תִּפְשַׁ֥ע לִבְנָ֖ה בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִֽיא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:22
- Genesis 27:40You will use your sword to live, and you will serve your brother. But eventually you will gain your freedom and break his yoke off your neck.”
- 2 Kings 8:20During Jehoram’s time Edom rebelled against Judah and chose its own king.
- 2 Kings 19:8The field commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah. He had heard that the king left Lachish.
- Joshua 21:13So they gave the following cities with pasturelands to the descendants of Aaron, the priest. The nine cities from those two tribes were Hebron (a city of refuge for murderers), Libnah,
- 2 Chronicles 21:10So Edom rebelled against Judah’s rule and is still independent today. At the same time Edom rebelled, Libnah rebelled because Jehoram had abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 8:22
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Libnah revolted - Libnah being toward the southwest of Palestine Joshua 15:42, its revolt cannot well have had any direct connection with that of Edom. It had been the capital of a small Canaanite state under a separate king before its conquest by Joshua Joshua 10:30; Joshua 12:15, and may perhaps always have retained a considerable Canaanite population. Or its loss may have been connected with the attacks made by the Philistines on Jehoram‘s territories…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-24Verses 16-24 A general idea is given of Jehoram's badness. His father, no doubt, had him taught the true knowledge of the Lord, but did ill to marry him to the daughter of Ahab; no good could come of union with an idolatrous family.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Libnah was a town in southwestern Judah, near the Philistine border. During Jehoram's rule, the Philistines and Arabians attacked Jerusalem. They killed all of Jehoram's sons except Ahaziah (2 Chronicl,es 21:16–17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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