A deputy was king Sent and set over them by the kings of Judah, whose viceroy he was, as we now speak. This kind of government continued in Edom from the days of David, who began it, until the time of Jehoram, Jehoshaphat's son, who lost this authority.
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1 Kings 22:47
47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.