There was then no king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
in Edom
'Edom (ed-ome')
red (see Gen. 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him -- Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
a deputy
natsab (naw-tsab')
to station, in various applications
was king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
