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1 Könige 22:47

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1 Könige 22:47 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:47

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.

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1 Könige 22:47 In-Context

45 22:46 Was aber mehr von Josaphat zu sagen ist und seine Macht, was er getan und wie er gestritten hat, siehe das ist geschrieben in der Chronik der Könige Juda's. {~}
46 22:47 Auch tat er aus dem Lande, was noch übrige Hurer waren, die zu der Zeit seines Vaters Asa waren übriggeblieben.
47 22:48 Und es war kein König in Edom; ein Landpfleger war König.
48 22:49 Und Josaphat hatte Schiffe lassen machen aufs Meer, die nach Ophir gehen sollten, Gold zu holen. Aber sie gingen nicht; denn sie wurden zerbrochen zu Ezeon-Geber.
49 22:50 Dazumal sprach Ahasja, der Sohn Ahabs, zu Josaphat: Laß meine Knechte mit deinen Schiffen fahren! Josaphat aber wollte nicht.
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