before any king. See note on Genesis 36:31, which must have been before the writer's eyes.
children. sons.
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1 Chronicles 1:43
43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.