1 Kings 22 · Verse 47

1 Kings 22:47

There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
1 Kings 22:47, King James Version

1 Kings 22:47 in other translations

BSBAnd there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.
WEBThere was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.
ASVAnd there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
YLTand there is no king in Edom; he set up a king.
DARBYAnd there was no king in Edom: a deputy reigned.
BBEAt that time there was no king in Edom;
WebsterThere was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

What does 1 Kings 22:47 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 47 There was no king in Edom - It is plain that the compiler of this book lived after the days of Jehoshaphat, in whose time the Edomites revolted; see 2Kgs 8:22. David had conquered the Edomites, and they continued to be governed by deputies, appointed by the kings of Judah, till they recovered their liberty, as above. This note is introduced by the writer to account for Jehoshaphat's building ships at Ezion-geber, which was in the territory of the Edomites, and which showed them to be at that time under the Jewish yoke.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 22:41-50

Jehoshaphat's reign appears to have been one of the best, both as to piety and prosperity. He pleased God, and God blessed him.

Read the full comment on 1 Kings 22:41-50 →

1 Kings 22:47 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמֶ֥לֶךְu.Me.lekhand [was] a kingH4428
אֵ֛ין'einthere notH369
בֶּאֱד֖וֹםbe.'e.Domin EdomH123
נִצָּ֥בni.Tzava deputyH5324
מֶֽלֶךְ\׃Me.lekh[was] kingH4428

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 22:47

  • 2 Samuel 8:14

    And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

  • 2 Kings 3:9

    So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

  • 2 Kings 8:20

    In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

  • 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 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 36:31-43

    And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. …

  • Psalms 108:9-10

    Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
no king.
Ge 25:23; 27:40; 36:31-43; 2Sa 8:14; 2Ki 3:9; 8:20; Ps 108:9,10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 22:46

    And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

  • 1 Kings 22:47

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

  • 1 Kings 22:48

    Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion–geber.

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1 Kings 22:47 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Barrió también de la tierra el resto de los sodomitas que habían quedado en el tiempo de su padre Asa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il extermina du pays le reste des hommes voués à la prostitution, qui étaient restés dans les jours d’Asa, son père.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Auch den Rest der Buhler, der in den Tagen seines Vaters Asa übriggeblieben war, schaffte er aus dem Lande hinweg.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed et reliquias effeminatorum qui remanserant in diebus Asa patris ejus, abstulit de terra.