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1 Kings 22:47

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And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

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1 Kings 22:47 in other translations

There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.

1 Kings 22:47 · World English Bible

1 Kings 22:47 in context

  1. 45Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
  2. 46And the remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
  3. 47And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
  4. 48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
  5. 49Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.