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Edom    

    The name means 'Red" and was a name for Esau, whose descendants lived in the land of Edom. It is also called Idumea and was formerly called the land of Seir. It extended from the Wadi Zered at the southeast part of the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqabah at the northern part of the Red Sea.

Gn 25:30
Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

Gn 32:3
Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

Gn 36:1,8,16,17,19,21,31,32,43
1 Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
8 Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
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.
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.
19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.
21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel.
32 Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah.
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.

Ex 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.

Nm 20:14,18,20,21,23
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:
18 Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”
20 He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
23 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

Nm 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.

Nm 24:18
Edom shall be a possession.
    Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession,
while Israel does valiantly.

Nm 33:37
They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

Nm 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;

Jsh 15:1,21
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.
21 The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

Jdg 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.

Jdg 11:17,18
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.
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.

1Sm 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.

2Sm 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.

1Kg 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.

1Kg 11:14,15,16
14 Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
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
16 (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);

1Kg 22:47
There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

2Kg 3:8,9,12,20,26
8 He said, “Which way shall we go up?” He answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
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.
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.
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.
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.

2Kg 8:20,22
20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
22 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.

2Kg 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?”

1Ch 1:43,51,54
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.
51 Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,
54 chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

1Ch 18:11,13
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.
13 He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

2Ch 8:17
Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

2Ch 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.

2Ch 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.

Ps 60:8,9
8 Moab is my wash basin.
    I will throw my shoe on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
9 Who will bring me into the strong city?
    Who has led me to Edom?

Ps 83:6
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
    Moab, and the Hagrites;

Ps 108:9,10
9 Moab is my wash pot.
    I will toss my sandal on Edom.
I will shout over Philistia.”
10 Who will bring me into the fortified city?
    Who has led me to Edom?

Ps 137:7
Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom,
    the day of Jerusalem;
who said, “Raze it!
    Raze it even to its foundation!”

Is 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.

Is 34:5,6
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.
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.

Is 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.”

Jr 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.

Jr 25:21
Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;

Jr 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;

Jr 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;

Jr 49:7,17,20,22
7 Of Edom. Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
17 Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.
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.
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.

Lm 4:21,22
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.
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.

Ezk 25:12,13,14
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;
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.
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.

Ezk 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.

Ezk 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.

Ezk 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.

Dn 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.

Jl 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.

Am 1:6,9,11
6 Thus says Yahweh:
    “For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four,
    I will not turn away its punishment;
because they carried away captive the whole community,
    to deliver them up to Edom;
9 Thus says Yahweh:
    “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four,
    I will not turn away its punishment;
because they delivered up the whole community to Edom,
    and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;
11 Thus says Yahweh:
     “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four,
    I will not turn away its punishment;
because he pursued his brother with the sword,
    and cast off all pity,
and his anger raged continually,
    and he kept his wrath forever;

Am 2:1
Thus says Yahweh:
    “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four,
    I will not turn away its punishment;
because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

Am 9:12
that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations who are called by my name,” says Yahweh who does this.

Ob 1:1,8
1 The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, “Arise, and let’s rise up against her in battle.
8 “Won’t I in that day,” says Yahweh, “destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?

Ml 1:4
Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places;” thus says Yahweh of Armies, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever.”

Mk 3:8
from Jerusalem, from Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.

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