There was then no king in Edom, only a deputy of the king.
1 Kings 22:47
Surrounding context
22:46 And the rest of the perverted persons, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he banished from the land.
22:47 There was then no king in Edom, only a deputy of the king.
22:48 Jehoshaphat made merchant ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they never sailed, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.