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וּמֶלֶךְ אֵין בֶּאֱדוֹם. בִּימֵי דָוִד, הַנָּצִיב הוּא הַמֶּלֶךְ, וְכָאן נִכְתַּב, לְפִי שֶׁבִּימֵי יְהוֹרָם בְּנוֹ שֶׁקִּלְקֵל, בְּיָמָיו פָּשַׁע אֱדוֹם וַיַּמְלִיכוּ לָהֶם מֶלֶךְ, אֲבָל בִּימֵי יְהוֹשָׁפָט עֲדַיִן הָיוּ כְּפוּפִין לוֹ. There was no king in Edom. [Beginning with] the time of Dovid, the governor22I.e., the governor that was appointed by the king of Yehudah.—Radak was the king. This was written here because in the days of Yehorom his son who sinned, in his days Edom rebelled and crowned a king for themselves, but in the time of Yehoshofot they were still subordinate to him.