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So King Jehoram travelled to Zair with his army officers and all his chariots.[a] The Edomite army came and they were all around him. But that night, Jehoram and his officers attacked the Edomites and they escaped. 10 Even today, Edom's people do not obey the rulers of Judah. The people of Libnah city also turned against Judah at the same time. That happened because Jehoram had turned away from the Lord, the God of his ancestors.

11 He also built altars on the hills of Judah. He caused the people of Judah and Jerusalem to turn away from the Lord and worship false gods.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:9 Zair was a city just inside the border of Edom.
  2. 21:11 The altars on the hills were places where people made sacrifices to false gods.