1 Kings 22:47

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And, king, was there none in Edom, a prefect, was king.

Parallel Translations

Update Bible Version
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

New Living Translation
(There was no king in Edom at that time, only a deputy.)

English Revised Version
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

New Century Version
During this time the land of Edom had no king; it was ruled by a governor.

New English Translation
There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled.

Webster's Bible Translation
[There was] then no king in Edom: a deputy [was] king.

World English Bible
There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

Amplified Bible
Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy (governor) was [serving as] king.

English Standard Version
There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nethir a kyng was ordeyned thanne in Edom.

Berean Standard Bible
And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.

Contemporary English Version
The country of Edom had no king at the time, so a lower official ruled the land.

American Standard Version
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

Bible in Basic English
At that time there was no king in Edom;

Complete Jewish Bible
He rid the land of the male and female cult-prostitutes remaining from the time of his father Asa.

Darby Translation
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy reigned.

Easy-to-Read Version
In those days Edom did not have a king; it was ruled by a governor who was chosen by the king of Judah.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the remnant of the sodomites that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.

King James Version (1611)
There was then no king in Edom: a deputie was king.

New Life Bible
Now there was no king in Edom. A leader was acting as king.

New Revised Standard
There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

Geneva Bible (1587)
There was then no King in Edom: the deputie was King.

George Lamsa Translation
There was then no king who reigned in Edom.

Good News Translation
The land of Edom had no king; it was ruled by a deputy appointed by the king of Judah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(22-48) And there was then no king appointed in Edom.

Revised Standard Version
There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There was then no king in Edom, the deputie was king.

Christian Standard Bible®
There was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.

Hebrew Names Version
There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

King James Version
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

Lexham English Bible
There was not a king in Edom; a governor served as king.

Literal Translation
No king was in Edom; a deputy was king.

Young's Literal Translation
and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And at that tyme there were no kynges in Edom.

THE MESSAGE
Edom was kingless during his reign; a deputy was in charge.

New American Standard Bible
Now there was no king in Edom; a governor served as king.

New King James Version
There was then no king in Edom, only a deputy of the king.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

Contextual Overview

⁴¹ Now, Jehoshaphat son of Asa, began to reign over Judah, - in the fourth year of Ahab, king of Israel. ⁴² Jehoshaphat, was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and, twenty-five years, reigned he in Jerusalem, - and, the name of his mother, was Azubah, daughter of Shilhi. ⁴³ And he walked in all the way of Asa his father, he turned not aside therefrom, - doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh: nevertheless, the high places, were not taken away, - still were the people offering sacrifices and burning incense in the high places. ⁴⁴ And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. ⁴⁵ Now, the rest of the story of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are, they, not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ⁴⁶ Moreover, the rest of the male devotees who remained in the days of Asa his father, he consumed out of the land. ⁴⁷ And, king, was there none in Edom, a prefect, was king. ⁴⁸ Jehoshaphat, made ships of Tarshish, to go to Ophir, for gold; but they went not, - for ships had been broken to pieces in Ezion-geber. ⁴⁹ Then, said Ahaziah son of Ahab, unto Jehoshaphat, Let, my servants, go with, thy servants, in the ships, - but Jehoshaphat did not consent. ⁵⁰ So Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers, in the city of David his father, - and, Jehoram his son, reigned, in his stead.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

no king: Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 36:31-43, 2 Samuel 8:14, 2 Kings 3:9, 2 Kings 8:20, Psalms 108:9, Psalms 108:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:29 - be lord 2 Chronicles 21:8 - and made Romans 9:12 - The elder

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There was then no king in Edom, a deputy was king. Which had been the case from the times of David, who subdued Edom, and placed garrisons in it, and governors over it, 2 Samuel 8:14 and continued through the reign of Jehoshaphat, unto the times of his son, under whom the Edomites revolted, and set up a king of their own, 2 Kings 8:20, with a view to which this is observed, as also to account for it how Jehoshaphat could build ships in Eziongeber, which was in the land of Edom, of which in the next verse, because the whole country was governed by a viceroy, or deputy, under him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the time of Solomon, Hadad 1 Kings 11:14, according to the Septuagint, “reigned over Edom.” It appears by the present passage that the country had been again reduced either by Jehoshaphat, or by an earlier king, and was dependent on the kingdom of Judah, being governed by a “deputy” or viceroy, who, however, was allowed the royal title (compare 2 Kings 3:9, 2 Kings 3:12, 2 Kings 3:26). This government of dependencies by means of subject-kings was the all but universal practice in the East down to the time of Cyrus (the 1 Kings 4:21 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 2 Kings 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.