Genesis 36:31

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Genesis 36:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible

29 These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their divisions in the land of Seir.

31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:

32 Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.

33 When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

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Genesis 17:6

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

Genesis 25:23

and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Numbers 20:14

From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,

Numbers 24:17

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.

Numbers 24:18

Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.

Deuteronomy 17:14

When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”

Deuteronomy 17:15

you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.

Deuteronomy 17:16

But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

Deuteronomy 17:17

He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

Deuteronomy 17:18

When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

Deuteronomy 17:19

It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

Deuteronomy 17:20

Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.

Deuteronomy 33:5

So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.

Deuteronomy 33:29

Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”

1 Chronicles 1:43

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 1:44

When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

1 Chronicles 1:45

When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

1 Chronicles 1:46

When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

1 Chronicles 1:47

When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

1 Chronicles 1:48

When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.

1 Chronicles 1:49

When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.

1 Chronicles 1:50

When Baal-hanan died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.