Lexham English Bible

2 Kings 8:19-23 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19. Yet Yahweh was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as he had promised to give him a lamp for his sons always.

20. In his days, Edom rebelled against the rule of Judah, and they set up a king over them.

21. So Joram crossed over to Zair and all the chariots with him. It happened that he arose by night and attacked Edom who had surrounded him and the commanders of the chariots; but the army fled to their tents.

22. So Edom has rebelled against the rule of Judah until this day; then Libnah also rebelled at that time.

23. The remainder of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?