Yet Edom, &c. The success of Edom accounted for from the end of 2Ki_8:21, and Gen_27:40.
this day. Written therefore before the captivity of Judah.
Then Libnah revolted. Compare 2Ch_21:10. Lib-nah was a city of the priests (Jos_21:13), and Jehoram with his wife and sons had "broken up" the Temple worship (2Ch_24:7). The priests therefore, headed by Jehoiada (2Ch_23:1), led this revolt, and were afterwards active in repairing the house of the Lord (2Ch_24:1-14).