Deuteronomy 2:12

The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Horims	הַחֹרִים֮ ha.cho.Rim	H2752	a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
dwelt	יָשְׁב֣וּ ya.she.Vu	H3427	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
Seir	וּבְשֵׂעִ֞יר u.ve.se.'Ir	H8165	Seir · conjunction + preposition + proper noun, a place name
beforetime	לְפָנִים֒ le.fa.Nim	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
children	וּבְנֵ֧י u.ve.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
Esau	עֵשָׂ֣ו 'e.Sav	H6215	Esav · proper noun, a man's name
succeeded	יִֽירָשׁ֗וּם yi.ra.Shum	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
destroyed	וַיַּשְׁמִידוּם֙ vai.yash.mi.Dum	H8045	to desolate · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
before	מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם mi.pe.nei.Hem	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
dwelt	וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ vai.ye.she.Vu	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
did	עָשָׂ֣ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
land	לְאֶ֙רֶץ֙ le.'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
possession	יְרֻשָּׁת֔וֹ ye.ru.sha.To	H3425	something occupied · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
gave	נָתַ֥ן na.Tan	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 2:22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in…
Genesis 14:6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
Genesis 36:20-43 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
Numbers 21:21-35 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Deuteronomy 2:32-3:11 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
1 Chronicles 1:38-54 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:8-23

It is observable here that Moses, speaking of the Edomites (Deu 2:8), calls them, "our brethren, the children of Esau." Though they had been unkind to Israel, in refusing them a peaceable passage through their country, yet he calls them brethren. For, though our relations fail in their duty to us, we must retain a sense of the relation, and not be wanting in our duty to them, as there is occasion. Now in these verses we have, I. The account which Moses gives of the origin of the nations of which he had here occasion to speak, the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. We know very well, from other parts of his history, whose posterity they were; but here he tells us how they came to those countr…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:8

we passed . . . through the way of the plain--the Arabah or great valley, from Elath ("trees") (the Ailah of the Greeks and Romans). The site of it is marked by extensive mounds of rubbish. Ezion-geber--now Akaba, both were within the territory of Edom; and after making a circuit of its southeastern boundary, the Israelites reached the border of Moab on the southeast of the Salt Sea. They had been forbidden by divine command to molest the Moabites in any way; and this special honor was conferred on that people not on their own account, for they were very wicked, but in virtue of their descent from Lot. (See on Deu 23:3). Their territory comprised the fine country on the south, and partly o…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 2:12

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, Genesis 14:6. They seem to be so called from their dwelling in holes and caves in rocks, which the southern part of Edom or Idumea was full of, and to be the same the Greeks call Troglodytae: but the children of Esau succeeded them; Esau and his sons marrying among them, made way for getting the country into their possession, as appears from Genesis 36:2 a…

Dictionary and topics

Edom — (1.) The name of Esau (q.v.), Gen. 25:30, “Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage [Heb. haadom, haadom, i.e., ‘the red pottage, the red pottage’] ...Therefore was his name called Edom”,…
Exodus — The great deliverance wrought for the children of Isreal when they were brought out of the land of Egypt with “a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm” (Ex 12:51; Deut. 26:8; Ps 114; 136), about…
Geber — A valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon’s purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deut. 2; 31).
Horites — Cave-men, a race of Troglodytes who dwelt in the limestone caves which abounded in Edom. Their ancestor was “Seir,” who probably gave his name to the district where he lived. They were a branch of…
Edomites · Land of — Land of
Seir · .Originally inhabited by Horites — .Originally inhabited by Horites

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 2:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:8-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:8

John Gill on Deuteronomy 2:12

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 2:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:8-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 2:8

John Gill on Deuteronomy 2:12

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 2:9-23

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 2:1-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 2:12

Rashi on Deuteronomy 2:12