KJV King James Version
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 8:22
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
WEB World English Bible
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
ASV American Standard Version
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah till this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 8
19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, [and] to his children.
20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
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.
22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
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וַיִּפְשַׁ֣עH6586 · pa.sahto transgressאֱד֗וֹםH123 · e.domEdomמִתַּ֙חַת֙H8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underיַד־H3027 · yadhandיְהוּדָ֔הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahעַ֖דH5704 · adtillהַיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַזֶּ֑הH2088 · zehthisאָ֛זH227 · azthenתִּפְשַׁ֥עH6586 · pa.sahto transgressלִבְנָ֖הH3841 · liv.nahLibnahבָּעֵ֥תH6256 · ettimeהַהִֽיא׃H1931 · huhe/she/it
Cross-references
Joshua 21:13Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,2 Kings 19:8So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.Genesis 27:40And 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.2 Chronicles 21:10So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time [also] did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
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