2 Chronicles 21:10

So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his hand at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Chronicler records this note immediately after Jehoram’s nighttime retreat from Edom. It explains the political and religious fallout following his military failure and subsequent abandonment of covenant loyalty.

The words — וַיִּפְשַׁע (va.yipšaʿ) means "and it rebelled," denoting the active break of Edom and Libnah from Judah’s control. עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה (ʿad hayyôm hazzeh) translates to "to this day," marking the lasting nature of the political shift.

The thread — The text links national rebellion to covenant abandonment, echoing the cause-and-effect pattern in Deuteronomy 32:21 and the prophetic warnings of 1 Kings 11:31. It places Jehoram’s actions within the broader biblical record of leadership apostasy triggering national consequences.

Why it lands — The passage requires readers to trace political instability and territorial loss directly to specific leadership decisions. It demands a clear-eyed assessment of how abandoning stated covenant commitments produces measurable historical outcomes.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 32:21 They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
Joshua 21:13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
1 Kings 11:31 and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.
1 Kings 11:33 For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
2 Kings 19:8 When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
2 Chronicles 13:10 But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.
2 Chronicles 15:2 So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
Jeremiah 2:13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.