Verse 47
47. No king in Edom Ever since David subjected the Edomites (2 Samuel 8:13-14) that people had been without a king, and tributary to Israel. In Jehoshaphat’s reign they joined Moab and Ammon against Israel, but were most disastrously defeated by the hand of God. 2 Chronicles 20:10-23.
A deputy was king נצב , a prefect; an officer like one of these twelve (1 Kings 4:7) whom Solomon appointed over the several districts of his kingdom. This officer was sometimes called king. 2 Kings 3:9. “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.” Clarke.
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