[There was] then no king in Edom: a deputy [was] king.
There had previously been no king in Edom, but now a deputy was made king.
And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
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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. -
Psalms 108:9
Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. -
Psalms 108:10
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? -
Genesis 36:31
¶ And these [are] the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.