1 Kings 22:47

1Ki 22:47 [There was] then no king in Edom: a deputy [was] king.

Ver. 47. There was then no king in Edom.] Never since victorious David "cast out his shoe over it," {Psa 60:8} till wicked Joram’s days.

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1Ki 22:47. A deputy was king — Sent and set over them by the kings of Judah, whose viceroy he was, as we now speak. This kind of government continued in Edom from the days of David, who began it, until the time of Jehoram, Jehoshaphat’s son, who lost this authority.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

22:47 The lack of a king in Edom may indicate Edom’s dependence upon Judah at this time.

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In the time of this king, Idumea was subject to Judah, and was governed by whom they of Judah appointed.

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Verse 47. There was no king in Edom] It is plain that the compiler of this book lived after the days of Jehoshaphat, in whose time the Edomites revolted; see 2Kg 8:22. David had conquered the Edomites, and they continued to be governed by deputies, appointed by the kings of Judah, till they recovered their liberty, as above. 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.

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(47) There was then no king in Edom.—This notice is apparently connected with the following verses; for Ezion-geber is a seaport of the Edomite territory. Whatever may have been the influence of Hadad in the last days of Solomon (1Ki_11:14), Edom does not seem to have regained independence till the time of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat (2Ch_21:8-10); although in the confederacy against Jehoshaphat, those “of Mount Seir” are included with the Moabites and Ammonites (2Ch_20:10; 2Ch_20:22). The “king of Edom,” of 2 Kings 3, who is evidently a subject ally, not regarded in consultation (see 1Ki_22:6-9), must be “the deputy” of this passage.

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47. There was then [R.V. And there was] no king in Edom] Therefore Jehoshaphat could go through Idumæa to the Red Sea and prepare him a fleet in Ezion-geber. On Ezion-geber and its position in the land of Edom, see above on 1Ki_9:26.

a deputy was king] What had become of the royal family of Edom, which Hadad (see 1Ki_11:14 seqq.) appears to have established again, we are nowhere told. Nor is there anything to guide us to a conclusion by whom the deputy was appointed. It may be that Hadad had never gained much power after his return from Egypt, and his successor had not been able to maintain his position. In that case the king of Judah might have claimed the rights which his predecessor had once held, and have set up a governor in Edom. If this were so a passage for the servants of the king of Judah through the land would be a matter of course.

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In the time of Solomon, Hadad 1Ki 11:14, according to the Septuagint, “reigned over Edom.” It appears by the present passage that the country had been again reduced either by Jehoshaphat, or by an earlier king, and was dependent on the kingdom of Judah, being governed by a “deputy” or viceroy, who, however, was allowed the royal title (compare 2Ki 3:9, 2Ki 3:12, 2Ki 3:26). This government of dependencies by means of subject-kings was the all but universal practice in the East down to the time of Cyrus (the 1Ki 4:21 note).

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Effeminate. Men addicted to unnatural lust, chap. xiv. 24., and xv. 12.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Sent and set over them by the kings of Judah, from the time of David, 2Sa 8:14, until the days of Jehoram, 2Ch 21:8.

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47. No king in Edom — Ever since David subjected the Edomites (2Sa_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. 2Ch_20:10-23.

A deputy was king — נצב, a prefect; an officer like one of these twelve (1Ki_4:7) whom Solomon appointed over the several districts of his kingdom. This officer was sometimes called king. 2Ki_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.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

There was then no king in Edom: a deputy bxni same word as in 1Ki_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. (1Ki_9:26) That country would seem to have regained its independence very soon after Solomon"s death, (1Ki_11:14) but would also appear from the text, and from 2Ki_8:20, 2Ki_8:22, to have been again made subject to Judah, probably by Jehoshaphat himself; (see 2Ch_17:10, 2Ch_17:11)

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A deputy - Sent, and set over them by the kings of Judah, from the time of David, until the days of Jehoram, 2 Chron. xxi, 8.

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The remainder of the prostitution. Who acted lasciviously in public.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.