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EDOM; EDOMITES

e'-dum, e'-dum-its 'edhom, "red"; Edom:

1. Boundaries:

The boundaries of Edom may be traced with some approach to accuracy. On the East of the `Arabah the northern border ran from the Dead Sea, and was marked by Wady el-Kurachi, or Wady el-Chasa. On the East it marched with the desert. The southern border ran by Elath and Ezion-geber (Deuteronomy 2:8). On the West of the `Arabah the north boundary of Edom is determined by the south border of Israel, as indicated in Numbers 34:3 f: a line running from the Salt Sea southward of the Ascent of Akrabbim to Zin and Kadesh-barnea. This last, we are told, lay in the "uttermost" of the border of Edom (Numbers 20:16). The line may be generally indicated by the course of Wady el-Fiqrah. How much of the uplands West of the `Arabah southward to the Gulf of `Aqaba was included in Edom it is impossible to say.

2. Character and Features:

The land thus indicated varies greatly in character and features. South of the Dead Sea in the bottom of the valley we have first the stretch of salt marsh land called es-Sebkha; then, beyond the line of white cliffs that crosses the valley diagonally from Northwest to Southeast, a broad depression strewn with stones and sandhills, the debris of an old sea bottom, rises gradually, and 60 miles to the South reaches a height of about 700 ft. above the level of the Red Sea, 2,000 ft. above that of the Dead Sea. From this point it sinks until it reaches the shore of the Gulf of `Aqaba, 45 miles farther South. The whole depression is known today as Wady el-`Arabah (compare Hebrew ha-`arabhah, Deuteronomy 2:8 the Revised Version (British and American), etc.). On either side the mountains rise steeply from the valley, their edges carved into many fantastic shapes by the deep wadys that break down from the interior (see ARABAH). The northern part of the plateau on the West forms the spacious grazing ground of the `Azdzimeh Arabs. The mountains rise to a height of from about 1,500 ft. to a little over 2,000 ft. This district was traversed by the ancient caravan road to South Palestine; and along the eastern side traces of the former civilization are still to be seen. The desert region to the South is higher, reaching to as much as 2,600 ft. The mountain range East of the `Arabah is generally higher in the South than in the North. Jebel Harun beside Petra, is 4,780 ft. above sea-level; while East of `Aqaba, Jebel el-Chisma may be as much as 5,900 ft. in height.

Limestone, porphyry and Nubian sandstone are the prevailing formation; but volcanic rocks are also found. The range consists mainly of rough rocky heights with many almost inaccessible peaks separated by deep gorges. But there are also breadths of fertile land where wheat, grapes, figs, pomegranates and olives are grown to advantage. The northern district is known today by the name el-Jebal, corresponding to the ancient Gebal. Seir is the name applied to the eastern range in Genesis 36:8 Deuteronomy 2:1, 5 2 Chronicles 20:23. It is also called Edom, and the Mount of Esau (Obadiah 1:8 f). Seir, however, is used for the western highlands in Deuteronomy 33:2. This seems to be its meaning also in Judges 5:4, where it appears as the equivalent of "the field of Edom." With this same phrase, however, in Genesis 32:3 it may more fitly apply to the eastern range.

See illustration under DESERT.

3. Origin of Name:

The name Edom, "red," may have been derived from the red sandstone cliffs characteristic of the country. It was applied to Esau because of the color of his skin (Genesis 25:25), or from the color of the pottage for which he sold his birthright (Genesis 25:30). In Genesis 36:8 Esau is equated with Edom as dwelling in Mt. Seir; and he is described as the father of Edom (36:9, Hebrew). The name however is probably much older. It may be traced in the records of the Twelfth Dynasty in Egypt. In the Tell el-Amarna Letters (Brit Mus No. 64) Udumu, or Edom, is named; and in Assyrian inscriptions the name Udumu occurs of a city and of a country. The latter may have been named from the former: this again may have been derived from a deity, Edom, who may be traced in such a name as Obed-edom (2 Samuel 6:10).

4. History:

The children of Esau are said to have "destroyed" the Horites who dwelt in Seir before them (Genesis 14:6 Deuteronomy 2:22). This only means that the Horites were subdued. Esau married the daughter of Anah, a Horite (Genesis 36:20 -in verse 2 he is called a Hivite); and the lists in this chapter show that the races intermingled. The Horite government was in the hands of "dukes" (Genesis 36:29, the Revised Version (British and American) "chiefs"). They were succeeded by dukes of the house of Esau (Genesis 36:40). This form of government gave way to that of an elective monarchy (Genesis 36:31); and this had existed some time before Israel left the wilderness. The then reigning king would not permit Israel to pass through the land (Numbers 20:14; Numbers 21:4). Israel was forbidden to "abhor an Edomite," on the ground that he was a brother; and children of the third generation might enter the assembly of the Lord (Deuteronomy 23:7 f). War with Edom was out of the question.

Some thirty years after the Exodus, Ramses III "smote the people of Seir." The Israelites could not have been far off. We first hear of war between Israel and Edom under Saul (1 Samuel 14:47). David prosecuted the war with terrific energy, slaying 18,000 Edomites (so read instead of "Syrians") in the Valley of Salt (2 Samuel 8:13 f); Joab remaining for six months in the country, which was garrisoned by Israelites, "until he had cut off every male in Edom" (1 Kings 11:15 f). Hadad of the blood royal of Edom escaped to Egypt, and later became a source of trouble to Solomon (1 Kings 11:14, 25). The conquest of Edom opened to Israel the ports of the Red Sea, whence the expeditions of Solomon and Jehoshaphat set out. In Jehoshaphat's time the king is called a "deputy" (1 Kings 22:47). Its king acknowledged the supremacy of Judah (2 Kings 3:9, etc.). Under Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, Edom revolted. Jehoram defeated them at Zair, but was unable to quell the rebellion (2 Kings 8:20). Amaziah invaded the country, slew 10,000 in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela which he named Joktheel (2 Kings 14:7). Uzziah restored the Edomite port of Elath (2 Kings 14:22). In the Syrian war Rezin regained Elath for Syria, and cast out the Jews. It was then permanently occupied by Syrians-here also probably we should read Edomites (2 Kings 16:6). From the cuneiform inscriptions we learn that when Tiglath-pileser subdued Rezin, among the kings from whom he received homage at Damascus was Qaus-malaka of Edom (736 B.C.). Later Malik-ram paid homage to Sennacherib. To Ezarhaddon also they were compelled to render service. They gave what help they could to Nebuchadnezzar, and exulted in the destruction of Jerusalem, stirring the bitterest indignation in the hearts of the Jews (Lamentations 4:21 Ezekiel 25:12; Ezekiel 35:3 Obadiah 1:10). The Edomites pressed into the now empty lands in the South of Judah. In 300 B.C. Mt. Seir with its capital Petra fell into the hands of the Nabateans.

5. Idumaea and the Idumeans:

West of the `Arabah the country they occupied came to be known by the Greek name Idumaea, and the people as Idumeans. Hebron, their chief city, was taken by Judas Maccabeus in 165 B.C. (1 Maccabees 4:29, 61; 5:65). In 126 B.C. the country was subdued by John Hyrcanus, who compelled the people to become Jews and to submit to circumcision. Antipater, governor of Idumaea, was made procurator of Judea, Samaria and Galilee by Julius Caesar. He paved the way to the throne for his son Herod the Great. With the fall of Judah under the Romans, Idumaea disappears from history.

The names of several Edomite deities are known: Hadad, Qaus, Koze, and, possibly, Edom; but of the religion of Edom we are without information. The language differed little from Hebrew.

W. Ewing

Greek

2401. Idoumaia -- Idumea, a region South of Judea
... South of Judea. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Idoumaia Phonetic
Spelling: (id-oo-mah'-yah) Short Definition: Idumea, Edom Definition: Idumea ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5654. Obed Edom -- "servant of Edom," an Israelite name
Obed Edom. 5653, 5654. Obed Edom. 5655 . "servant of Edom," an Israelite
name. Transliteration: Obed Edom Phonetic Spelling: (o ...
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123. edom -- the name of a condiment
... 122, 123. edom. 124 . the name of a condiment. Transliteration: edom Phonetic
Spelling: (ed-ome') Short Definition: stuff. ... Edom, Edomites, Idumea. ...
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112b. Edom -- another name for Esau, older son of Isaac, also his ...
... 112a, 112b. Edom. 113 . another name for Esau, older son of Isaac, also his
desc. and their territory. Transliteration: Edom Short Definition: Edom. ...
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130. Adomi -- a descendant of Edom
... Adomi. 131 . a descendant of Edom. Transliteration: Adomi Phonetic Spelling:
(ed-o-mee') Short Definition: Edomite. Word Origin from Edom Definition a desc. ...
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6464. Pau -- a place in Edom
Pau or Pai. 6463, 6464. Pau or Pai. 6465 . a place in Edom. Transliteration:
Pau or Pai Phonetic Spelling: (paw-oo') Short Definition: Pai. ...
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1224a. Botsrah -- "fortress," a city in Edom, also one in Moab
... 1224, 1224a. Botsrah. 1224b . "fortress," a city in Edom, also one in
Moab. Transliteration: Botsrah Short Definition: Bozrah. Word ...
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5762. Avith -- a place in Edom
... Avith or Ayyoth or Ayyuth. 5763 . a place in Edom. Transliteration: Avith or Ayyoth
or Ayyuth Phonetic Spelling: (av-veeth') Short Definition: Avith. ...
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8072. Samlah -- a king of Edom
... 8071, 8072. Samlah. 8073 . a king of Edom. Transliteration: Samlah Phonetic
Spelling: (sam-law') Short Definition: Samlah. Word ...
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1838. Dinhabah -- a city in Edom
... 1837, 1838. Dinhabah. 1839 . a city in Edom. Transliteration: Dinhabah
Phonetic Spelling: (din-haw-baw') Short Definition: Dinhabah. ...
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6811. Tsair -- a place on the border of Edom
... 6810, 6811. Tsair. 6812 . a place on the border of Edom. Transliteration:
Tsair Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-eer') Short Definition: Zair. ...
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Library

The Ark of the House of Obed-Edom
... THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL THE ARK OF THE HOUSE OF OBED-EDOM. 'The ark of
the Lord continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite ...
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Obadiah
... OBADIAH. The book of Obadiah"shortest of all the prophetic books"is occupied, in
the main, as the superscription suggests, with the fate of Edom. ...
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Jerusalem Made the Capital City
... of Jehovah come to me?" So David was not willing to remove the ark of Jehovah to
the City of David, but carried it aside to the house of Obed-edom, the Gittite ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/jerusalem made the capital city.htm

Psalm LX.
... unto the title's inscription, unto teaching for David himself, when he burned up
Mesopotamia in Syria, and Syria Sobal, and turned Joab, and smote Edom, in the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lx.htm

The Prophecy of Obadiah.
... definitely characterized than in the first part of Hosea, in Joel, and Amos;"that,
in like manner, the heathen power from which the overthrow of Edom is to ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the prophecy of obadiah.htm

Death and Life from the Ark
... 10. So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David:
but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.11. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/death and life from the.htm

Amos and Obadiah.
... It was doubtless written after the fall of Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar, 587 BC
and before the destruction of Edom, five years later, which would make the ...
/.../the way of salvation in the lutheran church/chapter xix amos and obadiah.htm

Preparation for Advent
... In the case of Moab, the culminating crime was an insult to the dead.
He had burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. In ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon ii preparation for advent.htm

Caesarea. Strato's Tower.
... 11:1. The Jews, Ekron, Zephaniah 2:4. "R. Abhu saith," (he was of Caesarea,) "Ekron
shall be rooted out"; this is Caesarea, the daughter of Edom, which is ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 57 caesarea stratos tower.htm

The Poison and the Antidote
... THE BOOK OF NUMBERS THE POISON AND THE ANTIDOTE. 'And they journeyed from mount
Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to compare the land of Edom: and the soul of the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the poison and the antidote.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Edom

red, earthy; of blood

ATS Bible Dictionary

Edom

Red, a name of Esau, Isaac's eldest son, appropriate on account of his natural complexion, but given, it would seem, from the current name of food for which he sold his birthright-"that same red," Genesis 25:25,30. See ESAU and IDUMEA.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) The name of Esau (q.v.), Genesis 25:30, "Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage [Hebrews haadom, haadom, i.e., `the red pottage, the red pottage'] ...Therefore was his name called Edom", i.e., Red.

(2.) Idumea (Isaiah 34:5, 6; Ezek. 35:15). "The field of Edom" (Genesis 32:3), "the land of Edom" (Genesis 36:16), was mountainous (Obadiah 1:8, 9, 19, 21). It was called the land, or "the mountain of Seir," the rough hills on the east side of the Arabah. It extended from the head of the Gulf of Akabah, the Elanitic gulf, to the foot of the Dead Sea (1 Kings 9:26), and contained, among other cities, the rock-hewn Sela (q.v.), generally known by the Greek name Petra (2 Kings 14:7). It is a wild and rugged region, traversed by fruitful valleys. Its old capital was Bozrah (Isaiah 63:1). The early inhabitants of the land were Horites. They were destroyed by the Edomites (Deuteronomy 2:12), between whom and the kings of Israel and Judah there was frequent war (2 Kings 8:20; 2 Chronicles 28:17).

At the time of the Exodus they churlishly refused permission to the Israelites to pass through their land (Numbers 20:14-21), and ever afterwards maintained an attitude of hostility toward them. They were conquered by David (2 Samuel 8:14; Comp. 1 Kings 9:26), and afterwards by Amaziah (2 Chronicles 25:11, 12). But they regained again their independence, and in later years, during the decline of the Jewish kingdom (2 Kings 16:6; R.V. marg., "Edomites"), made war against Israel. They took part with the Chaldeans when Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem, and afterwards they invaded and held possession of the south of Palestine as far as Hebron. At length, however, Edom fell under the growing Chaldean power (Jeremiah 27:3, 6).

There are many prophecies concerning Edom (Isaiah 34:5, 6; Jeremiah 49:7-18; Ezek. 25:13; 35:1-15; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11; Obadiah; Malachi 1:3, 4) which have been remarkably fulfilled. The present desolate condition of that land is a standing testimony to the inspiration of these prophecies. After an existence as a people for above seventeen hundred years, they have utterly disappeared, and their language even is forgotten for ever. In Petra, "where kings kept their court, and where nobles assembled, there no man dwells; it is given by lot to birds, and beasts, and reptiles."

The Edomites were Semites, closely related in blood and in language to the Israelites. They dispossessed the Horites of Mount Seir; though it is clear, from Genesis 36, that they afterwards intermarried with the conquered population. Edomite tribes settled also in the south of Judah, like the Kenizzites (Genesis 36:11), to whom Caleb and Othniel belonged (Joshua 15:17). The southern part of Edom was known as Teman.

Thesaurus

Edom (108 Occurrences)
... me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage [Hebrews haadom, haadom, ie, `the red
pottage, the red pottage'] ...Therefore was his name called Edom", ie, Red. ...
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Obed-edom (16 Occurrences)
Obed-edom. Obededom, Obed-edom. O'bed-e'dom . Easton's Bible
Dictionary Servant of Edom. (1.) "The Gittite" (probably ...
/o/obed-edom.htm - 15k

Edom's (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Edom's (2 Occurrences). Jeremiah 49:22 See, he
will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his ...
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O'bed-e'dom (14 Occurrences)
O'bed-e'dom. Obed-edom, O'bed-e'dom. O'bed-e'dom's . Multi-Version
Concordance O'bed-e'dom (14 Occurrences). 2 Samuel 6:10 So David ...
/o/o'bed-e'dom.htm - 10k

Teman (12 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Id. (1.) A grandson of Esau, one of the "dukes
of Edom" (Genesis 36:11, 15, 42). (2.) A place in Southern ...
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Dukes (14 Occurrences)
... Genesis 36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that
came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. (KJV WBS). ...
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Obededom (15 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Servant of Edom. ... (3.) One who had charge of the temple
treasures (2 Chronicles 25:24). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. OBED-EDOM. ...
/o/obededom.htm - 14k

E'domites (13 Occurrences)
... Edomites, E'domites. Edom's . ... 2 Samuel 8:14 He put garrisons in Edom; throughout
all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. ...
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Eloth (3 Occurrences)
... ELATH; ELOTH. e'-lath, or e'-loth ('eloth, 'elath; Ailon (Deuteronomy 2:8), Ailath
(2 Kings 16:6)): A seaport on the Red Sea in the territory of Edom. ...
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Elath (6 Occurrences)
... ELATH; ELOTH. e'-lath, or e'-loth ('eloth, 'elath; Ailon (Deuteronomy 2:8), Ailath
(2 Kings 16:6)): A seaport on the Red Sea in the territory of Edom. ...
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Bible Concordance

Edom (108 Occurrences)

Genesis 25:30 Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 32:3 Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:1 Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:8 Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:9 This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 36:16 chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:17 These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs who came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:32 Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:43 chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 15:15 Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 20:14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to us:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 20:18 Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 20:20 He said, "You shall not pass through." Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 20:23 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 21:4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 24:18 Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 33:37 They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:3 then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 15:1 The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 15:21 The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 5:4 "Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 11:17 then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying,'Please let me pass through your land;' but the king of Edom didn't listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 11:18 Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 14:47 Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he put them to the worse.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 6:10 So David would not move the ark of Yahweh to be with him in the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 6:12 It was told king David, saying, "Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God." David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into the city of David with joy.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 8:12 The nations of Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
(BBE RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 8:13 And David got great honour for himself, when he came back, by the destruction of Edom in the valley of Salt, to the number of eighteen thousand men.
(BBE NIV)

2 Samuel 8:14 He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 9:26 King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 11:1 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Kings 11:14 Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 11:15 For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 11:16 (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
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1 Kings 11:25 He was a trouble to Israel all through the days of Solomon. And this is the damage Hadad did: he was cruel to Israel while he was ruler over Edom.
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1 Kings 22:47 There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
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2 Kings 3:8 He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."
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2 Kings 3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. There was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.
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2 Kings 3:12 Jehoshaphat said, "The word of Yahweh is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
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2 Kings 3:20 It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
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2 Kings 3:26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
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2 Kings 8:20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
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2 Kings 8:21 Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
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2 Kings 8:22 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
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2 Kings 14:7 He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
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2 Kings 14:10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?"
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2 Kings 16:6 At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath to Aram, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Edomites came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.
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1 Chronicles 1:43 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there resigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
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1 Chronicles 1:51 Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,
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1 Chronicles 1:54 chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.
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1 Chronicles 18:11 These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
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1 Chronicles 18:12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
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1 Chronicles 18:13 He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
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2 Chronicles 8:17 Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
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2 Chronicles 20:2 And they came to Jehoshaphat with the news, saying, A great army is moving against you from Edom across the sea; and now they are in Hazazon-tamar (which is En-gedi).
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2 Chronicles 21:8 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
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2 Chronicles 21:10 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers.
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2 Chronicles 25:19 You say, Behold, you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?
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2 Chronicles 25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
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Psalms 59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy. Psalm 60 For the Chief Musician; 'set to' Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; and when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.
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Psalms 60:1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.
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Psalms 60:8 Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia."
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Psalms 60:9 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
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Psalms 83:6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
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Psalms 108:9 Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia."
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Psalms 108:10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?
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Psalms 137:7 Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, "Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!"
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Isaiah 11:14 They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon will obey them.
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Isaiah 21:11 The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?
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Isaiah 34:5 For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.
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Isaiah 34:6 Yahweh's sword is filled with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
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Isaiah 34:9 And the streams of 'Edom' shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
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Isaiah 34:11 But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.
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Isaiah 63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save."
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Jeremiah 9:26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
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Jeremiah 25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;
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Jeremiah 27:3 and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah;
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Jeremiah 40:11 Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;
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Jeremiah 49:7 Of Edom. Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
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Jeremiah 49:8 Go in flight, go back, take cover in deep places, you who are living in Dedan; for I will send the fate of Edom on him, even the time of his punishment.
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Jeremiah 49:17 Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.
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Jeremiah 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who will stand before me?
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Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
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Jeremiah 49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
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Lamentations 4:21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through to you also; you shall be drunken, and shall make yourself naked.
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Lamentations 4:22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.
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Ezekiel 16:57 Before your shame was uncovered? Now you have become like her a word of shame to the daughters of Edom and all who are round about you, the daughters of the Philistines who put shame on you round about.
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Ezekiel 25:12 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and revenged himself on them;
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Ezekiel 25:13 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; even to Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
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Ezekiel 25:14 I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord Yahweh.
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Ezekiel 27:16 Edom did business with you because of the great number of things which you made; they gave emeralds, purple, and needlework, and the best linen and coral and rubies for your goods.
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Ezekiel 32:29 There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with those who are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with those who go down to the pit.
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Ezekiel 35:15 As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you: you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
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Ezekiel 36:5 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.
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Daniel 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
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Joel 3:19 Egypt will be a desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
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Subtopics

Edom

Edom: A Name of Esau, Possibly on Account of his Being Covered With Red Hair

Edom: A Name of the Land Occupied by the Descendants of Esau: Figurative of the Foes of Zion

Edom: A Name of the Land Occupied by the Descendants of Esau: Noted for Its Wise Men

Edom: A Name of the Land Occupied by the Descendants of Esau: Prophecies Concerning

Edom: A Name of the Land Occupied by the Descendants of Esau: Sins of

Edom: A Name of the Land Occupied by the Descendants of Esau: Wilderness of

Edom: It Extended from the Elanitic Gulf to the Red Sea, and Was Also Called Idumea

Related Terms

Obed-edom (16 Occurrences)

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