37And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
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Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-42)By degrees, it seems, the Edomites wormed out the Horites, obtained full possession of the country, and had a government of their own. 1. They were ruled by kings, who governed the whole country, and seem to have come to the throne by election, and not by lineal descent; so bishop Patrick observes. These kings reigned in Edom before there reigned any king over the children of Israel , that is, bef…
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