King James Version

1 Kings 22:47

There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

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In the Hebrew text this line is 1 Kings 22:48.

וּמֶ֥לֶךְumelekhand kingמֶלֶךְconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.אֵ֛יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).בֶּאֱד֖וֹםbeedomin Edomאֱדֹםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Edom”H123Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by himEdom, Edomites, Idumea.נִצָּ֥בnitsavappointedנָצַבverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “appointed”, a verb used as a describing wordH5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.מֶֽלֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(22-48) And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

Young’s Literal Translation

and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king.

World English Bible

There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.

Darby Translation

And there was no king in Edom: a deputy reigned.

Douay-Rheims

And the remnant also of the effeminate, who remained in the days of Asa his father, he took out of the land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)