“And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.”
When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king. Rehoboth on the river — possibly the Euphrates — is the first indication of Edomite presence in a territory east of Canaan. The application: the Edomite kingdom extended beyond the immediate Seir region into the broader ancient Near Eastern world.
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