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1 Kings 22:47

“And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.”
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45As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, along with the might he exercised and how he waged war, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

46He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.

47And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.

48Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

49At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.

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