Berg Esau
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Berg Esau - Idumea [Jes 34:5 ,6; Eseg 35:15 ]. “Die veld van Edom” [Gen 32:3 ], “die land van Edom” [Gen 36:16 ], was bergagtig [Obad 1:8 ,9,19,21]. Dit is die land, of “die berg van Seïr,” die rowwe heuwels aan die oostekant van die Arabah. Dit het gestrek vanaf die kop van die Golf van Akabah, die Elanitiese golf, tot by die voet van die Dooie See [1Kon 9:26 ], en het, onder andere stede, die rots-uitgekerfde Sela bevat, algemeen bekend onder die Griekse naam Petra [2Kon 14:7 ]. Dit is 'n wilde en ruwe streek, deurkruis deur vrugbare valleie. Die ou hoofstad was Bosra [Jes 63:1 ]. Die vroeë inwoners van die land was Horiete. Hulle is vernietig deur die Edomiete [Deut 2:12 ], tussen wie en die konings van Israel en Juda daar gereeld oorlog was [2Kon 8:20 ; 2Kron 28:17 ] EBD
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Kaart
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Seir
rough; hairy.
(1.) A Horite; one of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen 36:20 -30).
(2.) The name of a mountainous region occupied by the Edomites, extending along the eastern side of the Arabah from the south-eastern extremity of the Dead Sea to near the Akabah, or the eastern branch of the Red Sea. It was originally occupied by the Horites (Gen 14:6 ), who were afterwards driven out by the Edomites (Gen 32:3 ; 33:14; 33:16). It was allotted to the descendants of Esau (Deut 2:4 ; 2:22; Josh 24:4; 2Chr 20:10; Isa 21:11; Ezek 25:8).
(3.) A mountain range [not the Edomite range, (Gen 32:3 )] lying between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab (Josh 15:10).
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary