From Nave’s Topical Bible
Seir
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 19Passages listed
- 5Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead SeaDeuteronomy 1:2
- Along the route from Horeb to Kadesh-barneaDeuteronomy 1:1Deuteronomy 1:2
- The people of Israel travel byDeuteronomy 1:2Deuteronomy 2:1Deuteronomy 33:2
- Originally inhabited by HoritesGenesis 14:6Genesis 36:20–30Deuteronomy 2:12
- Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people withDeuteronomy 2:12Deuteronomy 2:22Genesis 32:3Genesis 33:14Genesis 33:16Genesis 36:8Genesis 36:9Numbers 24:18Deuteronomy 2:4Deuteronomy 2:5
- The southern boundary of the conquests of JoshuaJoshua 11:15–18
- 2. A Horite chiefGenesis 36:20Genesis 36:211 Chronicles 1:38
The passages, in Bible order (19)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
Commentary on Genesis 14:61 voice
And the Horites in the mountains of Seir. Indeed, these mountains, along with the neighboring regions, were possessed by the sons of Esau, who was also called Seir, because he was hairy, after the Horites were expelled.
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)Patristic
- Genesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Commentary on Genesis 32:31 voice
And Jacob sent messengers before him unto Esau his brother,.... Or "angels": not angels simply, as Jarchi, for these were not under the command, and in the power of Jacob to send, nor would they have needed any instruction from him afterwards given, but these were some of his own servants.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 33:14
Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
Commentary on Genesis 33:141 voice
Until I come unto my lord unto Seir - It is very likely that Jacob was perfectly sincere in his expressed purpose of visiting Esau at Seir, but it is as likely that circumstances afterwards occurred that rendered it either improper or impracticable; and we find that Esau afterwards removed to Canaan, and he and Jacob dwelt there together for several years. See Gen 36:6.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 36:8
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
- Genesis 36:9
This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.
- Genesis 36:20–30
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
Commentary on Genesis 36:20–301 voice
These are the sons of Seir the Horite - These Horites were the original inhabitants of the country of Seir, called the land of the Horites, and afterwards the land of the Idumeans, when the descendants of Esau had driven them out. These people are first mentioned Gen 14:6.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 36:21
Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.
Commentary on Genesis 36:211 voice
These are the dukes of the Horites - It appears pretty evident that the Horites and the descendants of Esau were mixed together in the same land, as before observed; and Calmet has very properly remarked, that if we compare this verse with Gen 36:30, there were princes of Seir in the country of Seir, and in that of Edom; and in comparing the generations of Seir and Esau, we are obliged to consider these princes as contemporary.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Numbers 24:18
Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.
Commentary on Numbers 24:182 voices
And Edom shall be a possession - That is, to David: as it is said: “And all they of Edom became David’s servants;” 2Sa 8:14. Seir also shall be a possession - That is, unto the king Messiah; as it is said: “And saviours shall come upon Mount Zion to judge the Mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s;” Oba 1:21. See Ainsworth.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
A possession - Which was also foretold, Gen. xxv, 23, and in part fulfilled, 2 Sam. viii, 14; 1 Chron. xviii, 13, but more fully by Christ, Amos ix, 12 Obad. i, 18, who shall subdue and possess all his enemies; here signified by the name of Edom, as Jacob or Israel, his brother, signifies all his church and people.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- Deuteronomy 1:1
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:12 voices
The locale is indicated by the names of the most prominent places around it. Some of these places are unknown to us. The Hebrew word, Suph, "red" (for "sea," which our translators have inserted, is not in the original, and Moses was now farther from the Red Sea than ever), probably meant a place noted for its reeds (Nu 21:14).
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
And here this other fact will not appear to be without significance, that it is Moses who hears from God all that is written down in the law of Leviticus, whereas in Deuteronomy it is the people who are represented as listening to Moses and learning from him what they could not hear from God. This indeed is why it is called Deuteronomy, meaning the second law.
Origen of Alexandria· ON FIRST PRINCIPLES 4.3.12Patristic
- Deuteronomy 1:2
It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:22 voices
There are eleven days' journey from Horeb, by the way of Mount Seir, to Kadeshbarnea. Not that the Israelites came thither in eleven days from Horeb, for they stayed by the way at Kibrothhattaavah, a whole month at least, and seven days at Hazeroth; but the sense is, that this was the computed distance between the two places; it was what was reckoned a man might walk in eleven days; and if we reckon a day's journey twenty miles, of which See Gill on Jon 3:3, the distance must be two hundred and twenty miles.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
There are eleven days’ journey - The Israelites were eleven days in going from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, where they were near the verge of the promised land; after which they were thirty-eight years wandering up and down in the vicinity of this place, not being permitted, because of their rebellions, to enter into the promised rest, though they were the whole of that time within a few miles of the land of Canaan!
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Deuteronomy 2:1
Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:12 voices
Deu 2:1 seems to refer in general terms to the long years of wandering, the details of which were not for Moses’ present purpose. The command of Deu 2:2-3 relates to their journey from Kadesh to Mount Hor Num 20:22; Num 33:37, and directs their march around to the southern extremity of Mount Seir, so as to “compass the land of Edom” Jdg 11:18; Num 21:4, and so northward toward the Arnon, i. e., “by the way of the wilderness of Moab,” Deu 2:
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
They appear to have followed northward nearly the same route, which is now taken by the Syrian hadji, along the western skirts of this great desert, near the mountains of Edom [ROBINSON]. It was on entering these plains they received the command, "Ye have compassed this mountain (this hilly tract, now Jebel Shera) long enough, turn ye northward" [De 2:3].
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Deuteronomy 2:4
and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:41 voice
Compare the marginal reference. Though the Edomites resisted the passage through the midst of their land, they did not, and probably could not, oppose the “passing through the coast” or along their eastern frontier.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Deuteronomy 2:5
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:51 voice
I have given mount Seir to Esau - Though the descendants of Esau were conquered by David 2Sa 8:14, yet they were not dispossessed of their land, and in the reign of Jehoshaphat they regained their independence 2Ki 8:20-22.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Deuteronomy 2:12
The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:121 voice
The Horims also dwelt in Seir before time,.... Which is the name of a mount, and so of the country, from it; so called from Seir the Horite, who dwelt in it before it was possessed by Esau and his sons; but who the Horim or Horites were, from whence they had their name, is difficult to say; they were as early as the times of Chedorlaomer, Gen 14:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 2:22
just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.