For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
Again the Edomites had come. This invasion must have been after Rezin (at the beginning of the late Syro-Israelite war) had released that people from the yoke of Judah (2 Chronicles 15:11: cf. 2 Kings 16:6; Isaiah 7:1; Isaiah 8:1-22; Isaiah 9:1-21 relating to this period).