Yet Edom, &c. The success of Edom accounted for from the end of 2 Kings 8:21, and Genesis 27:40.
this day. Written therefore before the captivity of Judah.
Then Libnah revolted. Compare 2 Chronicles 21:10. Lib-nah was. city of the priests (Joshua 21:13), and Jehoram with his wife and sons had "broken up" the Temple worship (2 Chronicles 24:7). The priests therefore, headed by Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 23:1), led this revolt, and were afterwards active in repairing the house of the Lord (2 Chronicles 24:1-14).