2 Kings 8 · Verse 21

2 Kings 8:21

So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

2 Kings 8:21, King James Version

2 Kings 8:21 in other translations

BSB	So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
WEB	Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him with the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
ASV	Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
YLT	and Joram passeth over to Zair, and all the chariots with him, and he himself hath risen by night, and smiteth Edom, that is coming round about unto him, and the heads of the chariots, and the people fleeth to its tents;
DARBY	And Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled into their tents.
BBE	Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages;... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him,... the captains of the war-carriages; and the people went in flight to their tents.
Webster	So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites who encompassed him, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

What does 2 Kings 8:21 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 21 Joram went over to Zair - This is the same as Seir, a chief city of Idumea. So Isa 21:11 : The burden of Dumah (Idumea). He calleth to me out of Seir. Smote the Edomites - It appears that the Israelites were surrounded by the Idumeans; and that in the night Joram and his men cut their way through them, and so got every man to his tent, for they were not able to make any farther head against these enemies; and therefore it is said, that Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 8:16-24

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.

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2 Kings 8:21 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.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤רvai.ya.'a.Vorand he passed overH5674

יוֹרָם֙yo.RamJoramH3141

צָעִ֔ירָהtza.'I.rahZair towardsH6811

וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605

הָרֶ֖כֶבha.Re.khevthe chariotryH7393

עִמּ֑וֹi.Mo[was] with himH5973

וַֽיְהִי\־vay.hi-and it wasH1961

ה֞וּאhu'heH1931

קָ֣םkamhe aroseH6965

לַ֗יְלָהLay.lahnightH3915

וַיַּכֶּ֨הvai.ya.Kehand he struck downH5221

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

אֱד֜וֹם'e.DomEdomH123

הַסֹּבֵ֤יבha.so.Veivwhich was surroundingH5437

אֵלָיו֙'e.Lav<to> himH413

וְאֵת֙ve.'Etand <obj.>H853

שָׂרֵ֣יsa.Rei[the] commanders ofH8269

הָרֶ֔כֶבha.Re.khevthe chariotryH7393

וַיָּ֥נָסvai.Ya.nosand it fledH5127

הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971

לְאֹהָלָֽיו\׃le.'o.ha.Lavto tents itsH168

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 8:21

2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zair.Zair is supposed by Calmet and others to be the same as Seïr, the country of Seir the Horite, inhabited by the Edomites or Idumeans. Probably the former was a dialectical pronunciation of the latter.
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Context

2 Kings 8:20
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
2 Kings 8:21
So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
2 Kings 8:22
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

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2 Kings 8:21 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Joram por tanto pasó á Seir, y todos sus carros con él: y levantándose de noche hirió á los Idumeos, los cuales le habían cercado, y á los capitanes de los carros: y el pueblo huyó á sus estancias.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Joram passa à Tsaïr, et tous les chars avec lui; et il se leva de nuit, et frappa Édom qui l’avait entouré, et les chefs des chars; et le peuple s’enfuit à ses tentes.
German Elberfelder 1871	Da zog Joram hinüber nach Zair, und alle Wagen mit ihm. Und es geschah, als er sich des Nachts aufmachte, da schlug er die Edomiter, welche ihn und die Obersten der Wagen umringt hatten; und das Volk floh nach seinen Zelten.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Venitque Joram Seira, et omnes currus cum eo: et surrexit nocte, percussitque Idumæos qui eum circumdederant, et principes curruum: populus autem fugit in tabernacula sua.