2 Kings 8:20-22

Contemporary English Version

²⁰^(A) While Jehoram was king, the people of Edom rebelled and chose their own king. ²¹So Jehoram^[a] and his cavalry marched to Zair, where the Edomite army surrounded him and his commanders. During the night he attacked the Edomites, but he was defeated, and his troops escaped to their homes.^[b] ²²Judah was never able to regain control of Edom. Even the town of Libnah^[c] rebelled at that time.

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Footnotes

8.21 Jehoram: The Hebrew text has “Joram,” another spelling of the name.
8.21 he attacked … homes: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
8.22 Even the town of Libnah: This was a town on the border between Philistia and Judah, which means that Jehoram was facing rebellion on two sides of his kingdom.