1 Kings 22:47

There was then no king in Edom: a deputy [ נִצָב , same word as in 1 Kings 4:7 . It is implied that this officer was appointed by the king of Judah (Wordsworth)] was king . [This fact is mentioned to show how it was that Jehoshaphat was able to build a fleet at Ezion-Geber, in the territory of Edom ( 1 Kings 9:26 ). That country would seem to have regained its independence very soon after Solomon's death ( 1 Kings 11:14 ), but would also appear from the text, and from 2 Kings 8:20 , 2 Kings 8:22 , to have been again made subject to Judah, probably by Jehoshaphat himself; see 2 Chronicles 17:10 , 2 Chronicles 17:11 .]