Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
Bible References
The kings
Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.
Genesis 25:23
And the LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger."
Numbers 20:14
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met:
Numbers 24:17
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near: a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.
Deuteronomy 17:14
"When you come to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, 'I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,'
Deuteronomy 33:5
Thus the LORDbecame king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
1 Chronicles 1:43
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the people of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, the name of his city being Dinhabah.