King James Version (KJV)
{There was} then no king in Edom: a deputy {was} king.
Modern English
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go; for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
Hebrew
וּמֶ֥לֶךְ אֵ֛ין בֶּאֱד֖וֹם נִצָּ֥ב מֶֽלֶךְ׃
vmelek ʾeyn beʾedvom niṣab melek