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Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.
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A Desperate Escape, Not a Victory
Commentators explain that this verse does not describe a victory for King Jehoram. Instead, by comparing the text with its parallel in 2 Kings, scholars conclude it was a 'desperate escape.' Jehoram's army was surrounded by the Edomites and had to cut its way out at night, with his troops ultimately fleeing in disarray. This was a military failure, not a success.
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19th Century
Anglican
Then Jehoram went forth. — And Jehoram passed over.
With his princes. — Captains (‘i…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 21:5).
Presbyterian
Jehoram hated his brothers, and slew them, for the same reason that Cain hated Abel, and slew him, because their piety condemned his impiety. In th…
