In his days Edom revolted. — The connection of ideas is this: Although Jehovah was not willing to extirpate Judah, yet He suffered it to be seriously weakened by the defections recorded in 2 Kings 8:20.

Made a king over themselves. — Josephus says they slew the vassal king appointed over them by Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:48). Edom appears to have been subject to the hegemony of Judah from the time of the disruption under Rehoboam.

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