2 Chronicles 21:9
7 Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
8 In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night.
10 So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
11 Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night.
- KJV
- Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
- WEB
- Then Jehoram went there with his captains and all his chariots with him. He rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.
- ASV
- Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots.
- DARBY
- And Jehoram went over with his captains, and all the chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots.
- BLB
- And Jehoram went out with his officers, and all the chariots with him, and he rose by night and struck the Edomites who were coming around against him, and the captains of the chariots.
- ÅB
- Da dro Joram dit med sine høvdinger og med alle sine stridsvogner; han brøt opp om natten og slo edomittene, som hadde omringet ham, og høvedsmennene over deres vogner.
- OTB
- Da dro Joram over med sine befalingsmenn og alle sine vogner, og han sto opp om natten og slo ned edomittene som omringet ham og vognkommandantene.
- B1930
- Da drog Joram dit med sine høvdinger og med alle sine stridsvogner; han brøt op om natten og slo edomittene, som hadde omringet ham, og høvedsmennene over deres vogner.