1 Chronicles 1:43 meaning and explanation
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.
1 Chronicles 1:43, Berean Standard Bible
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The Chronicler, writing after the exile to a small restored community in Judah, opens his book with a genealogy that stretches from Adam to the returned exiles. Here he pauses over Edom, the people descended from Esau, and lists eight kings who ruled there before Israel had a king.
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