◄ 2 Kings 8:22 ►
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Good News Translation
Edom has been independent of Judah ever since. During this same period the city of Libnah also revolted.

New Revised Standard Version
So Edom has been in revolt against the rule of Judah to this day. Libnah also revolted at the same time.

Contemporary English Version
Judah was never able to regain control of Edom. Even the town of Libnah rebelled at that time.

New American Bible
To this day Edom has been in revolt against the rule of Judah. Libnah also revolted at that time.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Edom revolted from being under Juda, unto this day. Then Lobna also revolted at the same time.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So Edom revolted from being under Juda, unto this day. Then Lobna also revolted at the same time.

Yet.

Genesis 27:40 Shall thy blessing be. Thou shalt live by the sword, and shalt serve thy brother: and the time shall come, when thou shalt shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck.

2 Kings 8:20 In his days Edom revolted from being under Juda, and made themselves a king.

Libnah

2 Kings 19:8 And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachis.

Joshua 21:13 He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof, and Lebna with the suburbs thereof,

2 Chronicles 21:10 However Edom revolted, from being under the dominion of Juda unto this day: at that time Lobna also revolted, from being under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord the God of his fathers.

Context
Edom and Libnah Revolt
…21And Joram came to Seira, and all the chariots with him: and he arose in the night, and defeated the Edomites that had surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots, but the people fled into their tents. 22So Edom revolted from being under Juda, unto this day. Then Lobna also revolted at the same time. 23But the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?…
Cross References
Genesis 27:40
Shall thy blessing be. Thou shalt live by the sword, and shalt serve thy brother: and the time shall come, when thou shalt shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck.

Joshua 21:13
He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof, and Lebna with the suburbs thereof,

2 Kings 8:20
In his days Edom revolted from being under Juda, and made themselves a king.

2 Kings 8:23
But the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?

2 Kings 19:8
And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachis.

Jeremiah 52:1
Sedecias was one and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Amital, the daughter of Jeremiah of Lobna.

2 Kings 8:21
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